I started my travels through the old country today. Just got to Ankara and will be staying with Glen and Işık Cotten for the weekend, then I'm headıng to Konya, Antalya, Fethiye, and Bodrum. I'll be takıng alot of pics but mıght not get a chance to put them up till I get back so bear with me.

Gule Gule!

The hip hop dance crew at my Aunt's studio, they're called "Impact." This is one of the shots I took for them to use on a flyer.

Didn't actually take any pics today but here's one from a few days ago in Ortakoy.

View from the roof of my Aunt's studio.

He was selling flags in Ortaköy.

I checked out Bogazici campus (where I will going to school) today with my cousin Leila, this is the view from the edge of campus.

Took a ferry across the Bosphorous yesterday. Thats Topkapi Palace...i think.

Istiklal Street, Taksim area. This is one of the busiest tourist areas in Istanbul, its also right around the corner from my Aunt's dance studio.

From the air

Tuesday night sunset on top, and Wednesday sunrise below it. I'd like to thank the British Airways crew for clean windows.

T-Minus 17Hrs

Bording Pass and To-Do List

Merhaba! (thats hello in Turkish)
I'm in New York right now, visiting with family and getting some last minute photo gear, but mostly just enjoying American TV and food until the last possible moment. I'm probably not going to use this site for writing about my adventures too often and don't worry I wont be telling you how I feel about being surrounded by a foreign culture, instead I'm going to try and post one photo every day that I think will give you a general picture of what its like in Istanbul. Maybe I'll give a short description, but don't count on it. When something really worthy of making the effort to write about comes along I'll put in the effort to make it worth your time reading it. For the extensive albums containing the countless number of photos I will be taking you can check out my page on flickr.com, I'll post a link when I set it up. As you can see I started it off with a self portrait; thats the Turkey book Sarah got for me, and in the other hand is my baby, a Canon XTi, both will be with me 24/7. Feel free to leave comments on this site, I'll be happy to hear from you.

Be well!