If you visit Istanbul..

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… you should visit this places! Yeah! I have some insider tips for you! :)

  

This is the Istiklal Street with many Shops, Restaurants, Cafes, Bars and more. It’s always full, but not in this photo, cause I took this photo in the morning. But for me… it’s interesting to see this street without the crowd, haha!

So if you are in Taksim walk down from the Taksim Square, walk down and also pass the Galatasaray College, till this street (it must be in the right side):

when you go through this street you will find many Shops with clothes for veeeeery cheap prices! Trust me, I’m also buying my clothes there.. for just 5 turkish lira!

Now, when you walk down the Istiklal Street again, on the right side you will see the Cafe/Restaurant ‘ADA’. It’s a cafe/bar/restaurant with a bookstore, and also cats inside! If you cannot read turkish, noooo panic, they’re also english books!

And now.. walk more down till the end of the Istiklal Street, now there is another street thats drop away, the Tunnel street. I love it there, even if it’s always full I really want to live there.. but it’s so fucking expensive -_-!

You will see many Shops and Vitamine Bars there, I love eating fruits there! In the end of the tunnel street, when you turn right you will see the Galata Tower.

This is the Lavazza Cafe directly in front of the Galata Tower. I often drink espresso coffee there.. and I feel happy when I sit there and see that huge Galata building in front of me!

Of course today in the morning, after camping in the Gezi Park, I went to this cafe to drink my morning coffee… and of course reading… hmmm soooo relaxing… I love Taksim in the morning!

Tutto è bene ciò che finisce bene! :)

Gezi Park..!

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Wow, I never thought that the protest will take that long, and that things will turn out like this, I’m impressed! And of course I also attended to the Gezi Park in Taksim, yeah I’m one of the protester! I’m happy that I was able to see this, I never thought people could be so strong. People don’t know their real strenght. If people work together, they can do everything!

Yesterday we camped in the Gezi Park, it was the first time I camped in Turkey! Wow! Bur you know.. I’m very tired now. Maybe I just need to acclimatize ‘sleeping outside’, and I need to do this more often. Let’s see.

Here are some photos from the last days, and.. you will see that there are mostly young people. This is what I noticed, and it gives me hope! Hope that people will find the right way to live.. maybe not now, but after some years.. maybe I will not see it, but I hope the other generation will see it, that humanity will see it, and finally learn to live in peace.

Yeah, this is what I hope. Someday.

‘Tears will not fall without a reason.’ <— lol hope my translation is right.

 

#gezikütüphanesi means gezi-library, yeah they really built a small library in the middle of the park. Food is also free, and the people are cleaning the park by their own, .. wow!

Manzara Istanbul, thank you Ingo!

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Dear Manzara Friends!
media has already provided extensive coverage regarding the recent developments in Turkey and especially in Istanbul. Todays issue of the ZDF Auslandsjournal will report on the recent events within Istanbul and we, the Manzara Team, were asked to give a statement concerning the current situation. Whoever is interested in understanding and building an opinion towards the pressing issues, should tune in tonight (Wednesday, 5th June 2013) at 10:30 pm Local German Time to the ZDF Auslandsjournal, when reporter Katja Eigendorf will portray the new Turkish protest movement.The program will also be available via livestream and the ZDF-mediathek.
Liebe Manzara Freunde!
in den Medien wurde in den letzten Tagen bereits viel über die jüngsten Entwicklungen in der Türkei, insbesondere in Istanbul, berichtet. Das ZDF Auslandsjournal war vor Ort und wird in der heutigen Ausgabe die aktuelle Lage schildern. Auch wir vom Manzara Team wurden um Stellungnahme gebeten. Wer Interesse hat sich ein Bild über die derzeitige Situation und unsere Meinung zu dem Thema zu machen, der schaltet ein, wenn ZDF-Reporterin Katrin Eigendorf die neue türkische Protestbewegung porträtiert:
ZDF Auslandsjournal, Mittwoch, 05. Juni 2013, 22:30 Uhr (deutsche Zeit)Die Sendung ist ebenfalls über livestream
oder die ZDF-mediathek abrufbar.
Manzara Istanbul
The construction of a new shopping mall and the consequential demolition of the Gezi Park just by Taksim has sparked a series of protests in Turkey. This incident has continuously snowballed into, what is now a critical movement, which opposes the authoritarian style of rule by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Green spaces in Istanbul are far and few between and whilst the people do not want to succumb to the conservative lifestyle Erdoğan promotes, they also do not want to spend their time surrounded by asphalt and concrete. This is what they protest for!The majority of the population is standing in solidarity with the protestors, and whoever is not going out to join the protests, but also festivities, in Taksim Square, supports the people in the streets through other actions, such as banging on pots and pans every night at 9pm to create a wave of noise. Seeing this act of solidarity and unity between all classes and ages, provides for us, the citizens of this metropolis, a very special experience.

We are very happy to receive such interests from our foreign friends all across the globe, and especially our guests here in Istanbul, who are experiencing the events live and furthermore show great support and enthusiasm for the revolutionary, but peaceful, spirit.

Although the outcome of the protests is still unpredictable, and it is impossible to foresee the developments within the next days, it is safe to say that by being sensible and careful, visitors and residents have nothing to fear.

We are full of confidence and we will campaign for a tolerant and livable future in the whole of Turkey

Gabi & Erdoğan and the Manzara Team
Bäume im Gezi-Park am Taksim-Platz waren der Auslöser für eine noch nie da gewesene Protestwelle in der Türkei. Die Kritik richtet sich mittlerweile gegen die immer autoritärer werdende Politik von Ministerpräsident Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Die Menschen wollen offensichtlich selbst über ihren Lebensstil entscheiden und sie wollen unter Bäumen und nicht auf Asphalt und zwischen Betonmassen sitzen. Dafür protestieren Sie!Viele haben sich mit den vorwiegend jungen Demonstranten solidarisiert: wer abends nicht auf den Taksimplatz, auf dem mittlerweile eine Volksfeststimmung herrscht, gehen will oder kann, der zeigt seine Verbundenheit z.B. um 21 Uhr abends, in dem er auf Kochtöpfe schlägt bis die Ohren vibrieren! Für uns, die wir in dieser Metropole leben, ist es eine ganz besondere Erfahrung, so viel Zusammenhalt in allen Schichten und Altersstufen der Gesellschaft zu erleben.

Wir freuen uns über das Interesse und die Anteilnahme unserer Freunde auf der ganzen Welt und ganz besonders über das feedback unserer Gäste, die gerade diese Entwicklung hier vor Ort miterleben. Auch sie zeigen viel Solidarität und werden mitgerissen von dem “friedlichen Revolutionsgeist”.

Natürlich können auch wir nicht sagen, wie sich die Lage in den nächsten Tagen entwickeln wird, aber wer bestimmten Regeln folgt, der hat derzeit hier nichts zu fürchten.

Wir sind sehr zuversichtlich und werden uns weiter einsetzen für eine lebenswerte und tolerante Zukunft in der Türkei!

Gabi & Erdoğan und das ganze Manzara-Team
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