This is a mosque in Uskudar, in Istanbul, down the street from where we lived after we got married. I could see this mosque at the end of the tiny backroad through the window in my home office. What's cool is this same mosque is easily visible from most pictures that show the famous Kiz Kulesi. I've got a soft spot for this part of town, even though Ozlem really didn't enjoy living there.
A month or two ago we took Erel to Battersea Zoo, where (predictably) his favorite animals were the squirrel-monkeys. A few weeks later, he started insisting that there are monkeys in our local park. As we stroll through the park, he points up into certain trees an announces "monkey!" At home, he points out the window towards the park and declares "monkey!"
I humored him, agreeing that it's possible there are monkeys running loose in the park, and kept my reservations to myself. The concept has a certain appeal.
The question was settled last week when I was pushing him throught the park in a stroller. He pointed and shouted "monkey!" yet again, and I saw he was pointing at a squirrel.
I haven't been able to disabuse him of his belief that squirrels are a type of monkey. I'm not completely sure I want to.
I've uploaded a few recent pictures of Erel, mostly with him swimming. If you want a page to go to see all of Erel's pictures on Flickr, they are here.
Yeni Ereli fotograflar! Hepsi Erel fotagraflar burada.
Charlie has posted pictures of his gigs in England and Switzerland. We didn't get to see him play this time around, hopefully we will next time!
The very latest pics of the Erelmania 2006 tour.
No, it's Erel's grandmother, 57 years ago. Erel degil, Erel'in babaannesi, bebekken.
If you liked The Big Lebowski, you'll love the F_cking Short Version. Not for the easily offended.
It's been a while, and we've had lots of demand from the family, so we've uploaded a new bunch of pictures to flickr. These are mostly taken in the past week or so, and include a trip to the park with Jonathan, Hacer, Uzay, Evrim, Olcay, and Edita. Uzay and Evrim really love their little buddy!
I've started uploading new pictures of Erel to Flickr. You can see them by clicking on that link, they are tagged with "erel". There are also lots of nifty tools you can use with Flickr, for instance I've put a feed of pictures on the side of this site.
