Taksim Meydani

Taksim-İstanbul, pentax k5, ozgur ozkok

I’ve seen the story “RIP Robin Gibb”

streets of Balat, Balak sokakları, İstanbul, pentax k5, photos by ozgur ozkok

I’ve seen the story
I’ve read it over once or twice
I said that you say
A little bit of bad advice
I been in trouble
Happened to me all my life
I lie and you lie
And who would get the sharpest knife

Bee Gees “This Is Where I Came In”

19 Mayis 2012, Taksim

Commemoration of Atatürk , National Youth and Sports Day , (Atatürk’ü Anma Gençlik ve Spor Bayramı), 19.Mayis.2012, Taksim-İstanbul, pentax k5, photos by ozgur ozkok

Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth & Sports Day (Atatürk’ü Anma Gençlik ve Spor Bayramı) – National Holiday – The arrival of Atatürk in Samsun in 1919, the beginning of the War of Independence. Dedicated to the youth.

Commemoration of Atatürk , National Youth and Sports Day , (Atatürk’ü Anma Gençlik ve Spor Bayramı), 19.Mayis.2012, Taksim-İstanbul, pentax k10d, photos by ozgur ozkok

The Turkish flag, images of Atatürk and the boat on which he arrived in Samsun, as well as images related to sports are the symbols of the Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day in Turkey.

Commemoration of Atatürk , National Youth and Sports Day , (Atatürk’ü Anma Gençlik ve Spor Bayramı), 19.Mayis.2012, Taksim-İstanbul, pentax k10d, photos by ozgur ozkok

Atatürk was born in 1881. But his birth date is not known. In one of his speeches, he declared that he considers his birthday as May 19, in clear reference to the beginning of the national struggle in 1919.

Commemoration of Atatürk , National Youth and Sports Day , (Atatürk’ü Anma Gençlik ve Spor Bayramı), 19.Mayis.2012, Taksim-İstanbul, pentax k5, photos by ozgur ozkok

James Bond was in Istanbul

Eminönü square, İstanbul, pentax k5, photos by ozgur ozkok

last James Bond movie, Skyfall, is filmed partly in Istanbul, Turkey, principally around Eminönü and the Golden Horn. A frame from Skyfall’s plato

Long live the brotherhood of colors #superfinal :)

football at istanbul, photos by ozgur ozkok

The prize for victory in this keenly-anticipated play-off will be the Super League title, and Galatasaray will be kicking themselves if they succumb. Upon the completion of the regular season, they held a nine-point advantage over Saturday’s opponents, yet have seen that lead whittled down to one after dropping far too many points during the play-offs. The Yellow Canaries sparked their city rival’s poor sequence with a 2-1 win on 22 April and will hope to heap on more misery this weekend.

football at istanbul, photos by ozgur ozkok

A draw would be enough for Fatih Terim’s charges, although history suggests this might be the best they can hope for: Galatasaray have not won at the Şükrü Saracoğlu
Stadium for 12 years. “The season’s final awaits,” said Galatasaray goalkeeper Fernando Muslera. “It is a single match, a single chance. A point will be enough but we have never played for a draw. We’ll go there aiming for three points. It will be a hard match, in a hard atmosphere, so we will need cool heads.”

as titled on www.uefa.com

football at istanbul, photos by ozgur ozkok

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football at istanbul, photos by ozgur ozkok

shopping time

Eminönü-İstanbul, ozgur ozkok

street play

streets of Samatya-İstanbul, pentax k5, ozgur ozkok

Fisher from Izmir

İzmir, Berkay Gülüm,

talk at church

a church at Samatya-İstanbul, pentax k5, photos by ozgur ozkok

Deniz Gezmis, Hüseyin Inan and Yusuf Aslan , revolutionary leaders

6 Mayis 2012 , Kadikoy-Istanbul, pentax k5, photos by ozgur ozkok

Some photos demonstration because of execution of Deniz Gezmiş, Hüseyin İnan and Yusuf Aslan

6 Mayis 2012, Kadikoy-İstanbul, pentax k5, photos by ozgur ozkok

forty years ago when I was a child ,

three Turkish youths hanged at Ankara Central Prison for attempting to “overthrow the constitutional order.”

6 Mayis 2012, Kadikoy-İstanbul, pentax k5, photos by ozgur ozkok

on 11 March 1972, Turkish MPs ratified the death penalties with 238 votes for, 53 against, and 6 abstainers.

On 17 March 1972, the decision was also passed by the Republican Senate.

Those voting against the death penalty were MPs for the Republican People’s Party (CHP), scuh as İsmet İnönü, Bülent Ecevit, Muammer Erten and Necdet Uğur, as well as independent MP Mehmet Ali Aybar.

Among those supporting the executions were Süleyman Demirel, Alparslan Türkeş, İsmet Sezgin, Nahit Menteşe, Hasan Korkmazcan, Oğuz Aygün, Necmettin Cevheri, and Zeki Çelikel, from rightist parties.