The Letter About The Northern Turkey

The Letter About The Northern Turkey

My country Turkey is wealthy in terms of culture, history, nature. The biggest and oldest empires – for example, Rome, Greek, Ottoman, and many others- existed. That’s why; you can see plenty of remains, and objects all over the Turkey. Many tourists who have come to Turkey, know our beautiful and impressive shores, historical places, beaches, spa and skiing centers. We have lots of hidden places which are like paradise. But unfortunately, tourists and some of Turkish people don’t know other places. Because, we still can’t make these places known and adversite them sufficiently to world. One of them is “The North of Turkey”.

The mountains are very high and they form a ridge and some pathways are sloping; settlements on levels are scattered along the pathways except cities which are very close to shores. As it’s a rainy region, there is fertile areas used agriculture – for instance, corn, hazelnuts, tea… etc-, and animal husbandry.

Have you ever seen what life is like in Turkish villages? Many people get up very early in the morning, and have breakfast. The men go to the forest, water the cornfield (if it doesn’t rain) check their hazel (if they have own them), feed their cows in the land around their houses… The women prepare the food and meals, cut long grass with sickles (after cutting, they gather, and fill up baskets on their backs or tie them around into the bunch of long grass, and go to the storehouses), carry chopped wood, clean small cow stables, and small poultry houses… You see, women are as very strong as men, and they can cope with all their work. Some of them can go on working when they are ill or old.

Do you know the forests in region are wonderful? I’ve already mentioned it at the beginning of my letter. It’s difficult to describe it. The air and the water is very pure and fresh. You can see the most beautiful mountain flowers of all varieties. You don’t sweat much. Because, there’s a little mist in the air. When you take a deep breathe, You feel the smell of pine, flower scents… Have you ever tasted fresh spring water? It’s very cold; but it doesn’t make you sick (If you can drink it many many times, you don’t get ill after one day or many days). I still miss that water.

In my opinion, the real doctor is (the) nature. If you feel bad, it can revive you. I want to talk about my friend of mine. He have had terrible traffic accident when he was child. He had an operation on two legs. After a hard and long operation, the pus appeared in his wound. His doctors inspected the wound in his right leg. They gave some drugs for his wound. After medical treatment, his left leg was OK, but his right leg was not good. They inspected his right leg again said to his parents said to his parents:” if this wound doesn’t get better, we will cut off his right leg”. He lost all hopes of ever getting better when he heard the doctor’s report. But his family didn’t lose hope. They wanted him to go to the plateau together with them. He walked in the forests with his walking-stick, ate natural foods, drank that fresh spring water like an elixir and stayed there for 35 days. He was very weak child before he went there. The nature gave him the power of life, happiness, health and made him strong child. The wound which was on his right leg had disappeared. They went to his doctors, and they could never believe this miracle.

There are 2 festivals which are called “welcome” and “general”. In the festivals, many people gather in the usual meeting place. Some of the people wear local clothes, and when someone plays the “kemence (I don’t know what is in English. I can define: “small violin with three strings”) and they dance together. This interest is so high; other people come there to participate in. If you are very lucky, you can get fresh meat and stay in a traditional houses which built very simple, wood and stone mixed. The people are warm-hearted and hospitable. You can see what life is like in the plateau… Some people stay there until the end of July or the beginning of August. Because that time is the season of picking hazelnuts….

Anyway, there’re lots of things write to you. If you like nature, to see simple and different life in Turkish villages, you should come here one day. I’ll recommend you to visit the place. You won’t regret. Now I must finish my letter. Hope to hear from you soon! Take care! All the best!

Very Lovingly Yours
Your Friend Fatih.

Şiirler. Poems. Since You Gone, I Miss You

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Since You Gone

I’m like an abandoned child since you gone.
I’m so helpless that,
I walk around all alone in empty and wet streets,
All night and rainy days.
Beautiful flowers don’t open their face,
Birds don’t sing our song in my garden.
The time doesn’t pass quickly without you.

Everything is very pale and meaningless to me.
Nights are cold, long, and silent without you.
When rain drops hit the windows,
I look at steamy windows and think of you.
Sleepless nights don’t leave me alone.
I comfort myself with our beautiful memories.
I couldn’t be happy at all
Since you gone….

I Miss You

When I stare at the flowers in the garden of Paradise,
They remember me your pretty face.
When I gaze at the shining stars in the heavens,
They remember me your sparkling eyes.
When the wind blows in the shores,
It remembers me your breath,
When the rain drops hit the windows,
I look at steamy windows and think of you.

I miss you.
I feel that something is missing without your love.
I feel that something is boring without your interest.
I miss you.
I feel that my life is always night without you.
I feel that my life is always gloomy without you.
I miss you....

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The Letter About Kapadokya (Cappadocia or Cappadoce)

The Letter About Kapadokya (Cappadocia or Cappadoce)

….. Our country’s rich in a tremendous number of historical remains. All historical remains are worth visiting and seeing. Here it is! One of best places worth seeing is Kapadokya (Cappadocia or Cappadoce). It’s a really beautiful and interesting place. It’s in Nevsehir. An example is Uchisar’s Pigeon Valley. Nature shows us its talent for carving the begish rock-- it looks like a rock, but actually it’s not. I forgot the name of the rock. If I remember it, I’ll tell you--. There are churches, buildings carved into the rocks. These things are not separated from each other. Do you know that it can be an impressive view, when you watch sunset there? I can’t describe it to you….

There are called “the fairy chimneys (or earth pillars)" in Pasabag. They’re so tall and seem like they’re going to fall onto your head. There’s an open air museum in Zelve. It’s really worth visiting. Tourists – especially Scandinavian and Far- Eastern – crowd this museum. Goreme looks like Zelve too; but smaller. There’re churches, storehouses for wine… etc in the carved rock. If I explain everything, I can never finish my letter. Have you ever seen the Ihlara Valley? It’s wonderful! I’ve ever seen such a beautiful view of a valley in all my life. If you see it, you’ll agree that I’m right.

There are two underground cities which are called Kaymakli, and Derinkuyu. I want to talk about the underground city in Kaymakli. This city’s structure looks like ants nest. It’s so different and interesting, you can’t imagine it. How did people solve their city’s ventilation, irrigation, and lightning problems? There were no architects and engineering in very very old days. According to our guide, the heat of the subterranean dwelling is always constant. If you go to the deepest hole in underground, its heat never changes. The heat doesn’t even change in winter. As this area is a convenient place to stay and live, with fertile land agriculture, the people decided to live there. Anyway, why did people build this city? According to our guide, there were polytheism beliefs in ancient times. Some groups who believed in Christ came to Anatolia and began to spread Christianity. The Roman who believed in Polytheism, learn about these events. He decided to stop and kill groups who spread Christianity. People who ran away from the King, found this place and built this city. Do you know that the way inside the city is a bit complicated? They’ve done it in case the King’s soldiers so that they couldn’t be found and be caught easily. It looks like a labyrinth. I remember that my friend lost his way!!! Because he’s absent-minded person and he likes to stay behind our group. It was terrible. We started to search and found him after one hour. After that even, we never left him alone until the end of our tour.

There lots of things to write about it. I can’t finish my letter. If you come there sometime, I recommend you to see the workshop of the ceramic, taste a glass of their red wine, and join the balloon tours with your friends if it’s available.

I finish my letter. Hope to hear from you soon. Take care! All the best!

With Best Wishes
Your Friend Fatih.

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