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| After that, we went to the Turkish Miniature Museum. I looked in my guide book and could not find it listed. They have minatures of most of the major buildings in Turkey. I joked that it was the most convenient way to visit all of Turkey if you only have a little time. Perhaps it was banned from foreign guide books as they don't want tourists taking short cuts like that, but Elif and Nur knew of it. There was a nice bronze statue that we had passed often and I took a picture of Nur and Elif beside it (with the nice pebble pavement artwork). I imagine it must have been in Kadikoy as that is where we passed most often. Here is a model of the Mosque in Konya where Rumi often stayed. |
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| I packed that evening and the next morning we met at Marmara University (to drop off my bags and pick up Elif's notebook computer). I had previously been able to just walk past the university security when they were busy checking students entering (I went to right where guests and professors went), but on Sunday morning with a backpack and two big bags and little for them to do, they stopped me and had me wait in their area until Elif arrived. I joke that they caught me and threw me in jail until Elif could rescue me (which is a little true), but it was just as well as the building where Elif works was locked (so I couldn't wait outside her office) and it started raining a little while I waited. We then met Nur and Basale for breakfast / brunch in Kadikoy. However, many streets were closed and there were many police for a march / protest. |
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| I was able to get a good clear shot of the trolley car as all other traffic was blocked, but they could not redirect the trolley car. ;=) The protest was for March 8, Women's Day. While women have the same legal rights as men in Turkey on paper, there is some change needed in actual practice. I made a short video of the march. We then walked to a mall where Basale and Nur wanted to shop a bit. We had ice cream together, but ice cream is served in little slices and we all shared. Very nice treat. |
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| After that we started heading to Marmara University, but we had a hard time getting there as all the bus lines were rerouted because of the protest march. After a couple of mini-buses and buses, we finally took the subway (below) and another bus to get to the Metrobus. We ended up going all the way to Europe (across the closer bridge) just to head back and take a single bus from the Metrobus to Marmara University. It was a great adventure. Then because time was a little tight for the ferry to the airport (one an hour), we took a cab to the Metrobus (with my bags) and the Metrobus to the airport. We had worried that it would be too crowded to use with my bags, but there was no problem. I then flew an Aerobus 340 to India without incident, arriving at 4AM. |
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