Anitkebir (Ataturk's Mausoleum, Ankara)
Meanwhile, know that I am well and in good spirits, enjoying being back in Turkey and walking around a lot in very hot weather.
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Buradayim! Turkiye'deyim
Hi to everyone! I am off on my Summer 2007 adventure. Many of you are probably still wondering, "what is it exactly that you are doing this summer, Matt?". Well, I was very fortunate to receive a cultural immersion travel fellowship to go to urban settings that have been prominent literary depictions in the works of authors I have been working on. For example, the first location I will be working on is Ankara, Turkey. I have brought myself here to follow up on a rather interesting passage I translated from Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoglu's novel, "Ankara", in which he talks about the rapid growth and development in Ankara after the formation of the Turkish republic in the early 1920's. The next question (should be), "did you find anything in Ankara that was relevant to this novel?"....the answer will be posted soon.
Meanwhile, know that I am well and in good spirits, enjoying being back in Turkey and walking around a lot in very hot weather.
Meanwhile, know that I am well and in good spirits, enjoying being back in Turkey and walking around a lot in very hot weather.
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Dear Matt,
Thank you again for the amazing photos from Turkey, a country I would love to visit. I think the assignment of photographing settings from the novels you are studying is so interesting. I would like to read THE BLACK BOOK. Is it translated? Love, your monolingual aunt Judi
Why does this remind me of Kane Hall/Red Square when coming from the south? It kinda does!
Deej sent me your blog so I can cyberstalk you. Hope you are having lots of fun.
xoxooxoxoxox
Rose
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