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Sandra Lee Diekmann Brown Fred J Bueche 1760 Beretania St Apt 8D 45 Oakland Hills Pl Honolulu, HI 96826-1131 Rotondo West, FL 33947-2234 808-456-3269 ♦ T-03 941-697-8696 ♦ T-04 [email protected] Janet E Bullock Barbara C Bryan 12900 Woolman Ln 179 Stanton St Apt 3R Nevada City, CA 95959 New York, NY 10002-1883 530-477-8021 ♦ T-03 212-228-6065 ♦ T-13 [email protected] Shirley A Burkey 769 Fir Linda Jean Harris Budan Pocatello, ID 83202 19759 NE Calkins Lane 208-232-1510 ♦ T-12 Newberg, OR 97132-6567 503-537-0371 ♦ T-13 [email protected] A Flag to Burn flag to burn.” Needless to say, I was most concerned about this “gift”—perhaps even alarmed. Abruptly, I A tiny, peaceful village in a remote location kept me put the flag back into the presenter’s hands. from ever worrying about my safety. I rarely locked With firm conviction, I looked at them and said, my door. Why should I have? Locked or not, every- “I love the American flag, and I don’t believe anyone one was respectful. All visitors knocked and waited for should burn it. I also love the Turkish flag, and I their invitation to enter. This night was no different, don’t believe anyone should burn it, either. I am very except for that the knock came at 2:00 a.m. touched by your feelings, and your thoughts are very I struggled to untangle myself from my mosquito kind. But please, take your flag back. And don’t tell net to answer my door. Who in the world would be anyone about this.” knocking at my door so late at night? It was pitch This incident was never discussed again. For that, black in my little apartment. I was grateful. But offering me their country’s flag, I I got up and slipped into my robe, reaching to believe, was a heartfelt, profoundly expressed, beauti- switch on the one hanging lightbulb. My curiosity ful feeling towards Americans. propelled me with two short, eager steps to open the Karen Neffinger Reiter (T-17—Fethiye) door. There, standing stiffly, were four of my high school seniors; I immediately welcomed them in. They presented themselves in a rather stiff, military manner. “Ne oluyor?” I asked them. With a slight bow of his head, one of the students presented me (in a rather formal manner) with a tightly folded, thick, heavy red material. Was it a wrapping for something inside, I wondered? As I began to open it, it dawned on me; it was a Turkish flag! “Puzzled” doesn’t begin to describe my state of mind. None of these serious young men had yet spoken a word. Perplexed, I opened my mouth when one of the young men, in a most resolute voice, interrupted. “The Turkish students in Ankara burned the American flag today. We are bringing you a Turkish Karen Neffinger Reiter 42 / Arkadaşlar—Friends of Turkey My “Preservatif” Bread I do remember my most embarrassing Turkish lan- guage effort. I was out to lunch with the whole faculty of the middle school. Someone asked me what my favorite Turkish food was. I immediately replied that it was the bread. They all looked disappointed, and someone asked how Turkish bread was different from American bread. I wanted to say that we have chemi- cals in our bread. I didn’t remember learning the word for chemicals…so, I searched for another word and I came up with “preservatifs,” whereupon the whole Karolyn Bragg The bakery in Erzurum is a fond remembrance mostly be- table went into gales of laughter. The hocahanım cause, as with most of the world, bread was a staple on sitting next to me had mercy on me and explained: every Turkish table. It was always fresh daily. This particu- “preservatif” means condoms in Turkish. lar bakery even made special yumurtalı pide bread during Karen Neffinger Reiter (T-17—Fethiye) Ramadan. Gail H Cooper Andrew Vincent Coughlin, Jr. 19 1403 South St 114 Mapleton Dr Geneva, IL 60134-2538 Williamsville, NY 14221 630-232-8415 ♦ T-13 716-741-8045 ♦ T-13 [email protected] [email protected] Stephen M Cooper Michael Cox 33W-678 Army Trail Rd 1010 Weeping Willow Dr Wayne, IL 60184 Chesapeake, VA 23322 630-913-6170 ♦ T-13 757-482-0066 ♦ T-12 Dennis W & Sally B Heggie Copeland Ender Creel 92 Pleasant Cove Dr 2509 N Quantico St Woolwich, ME 04579-4531 Arlington, VA 22207 207-443-3030 ♦ T-04 703-237-2632 ♦ Friend of Turkey [email protected] [email protected] Patricia Corcoran Kevin B & Patti Wright Cronin 171 Linden St 1888 Kalakaua Ave., Apt. 1003 Rochester, NY 14620 Honolulu, HI 96815-1530 585-442-8461 ♦ T-08 808-949-2189 ♦ T-08 [email protected] [email protected] Ellen Corley Lillian Morse Crotteau 1207 Beech St 1306 Hawthorne Ln Valparaiso, IN 46383 Lincoln, CA 95648-8120 219-462-5243 ♦ T-05 916-434-7092 ♦ T-13 [email protected] Nancy Mittelsteadt Cotter 20915 Fawn Ct., Apt 45 West Lynn, OR 97068-2550 ♦ T-04 46 / Arkadaşlar—Friends of Turkey Street Vendors While there were many street calls in Erzurum dur- ing the years we lived there (1966–1968), the ones I remember best are those my two children imitated when we returned to Turkey in 1974–1975. The first night in Ankara, my boys (then two and four years old), went around the hotel singsonging “Eskiciiiiiii. Eskiciiiii.” When we moved into an apartment, a sucu was a regular visitor to the complex (there were terri- ble water cuts that year), and our apartment was next to the front door of the complex. He would come in and holler up the stairwell “SUUUUUUU.” My boys cried every time until they finally understood he was not yelling at me, but crying out “WATER!” And finally, we spent that summer (1975) on Cyprus, and we would take the bus from our house to the market in Girne/Kyrenia and then back again. Since the bus traveled on to Lefkosa/Nicosia after we got out, it was called the “Lefkosa” bus, and the driver would holler at every stop “LefKOSa.” So my boys (by then three and five years old) picked that up and soon were hollering “LefKOSa” as a part of the games they played. Richard Janzig Susan (McHenry) Holm (T-13—Erzurum) Water seller. Ankara, 1969. Chandra Elizabeth A Stephens Eisen Enid Elliot 1623 W Sexton 117 Menzies St. Sebastopol, CA 95472 Victoria, BC, V8V 2G4 Canada 707-829-1992 ♦ T-15 250-386-9326 ♦ T-17 [email protected] Elliot R Eisenberg 321 A St NE Joan E Elliott Washington, DC 20002 2346 Savanna Way 202-544-1551 ♦ T-12 Palm Springs, CA 92262-8834 [email protected] 760-318-6446 ♦ T-08 [email protected] Melissa R Eker 620 N Curtis St. Vicky Emerson Olathe, KS 66061-3324 PO Box 5951 913-768-6975 ♦ Friend of Turkey Huntington Beach, CA 92615-5951 [email protected] 714-369-8677 ♦ T-04 [email protected] Ed G Elenbaas 3808 E Jefferson Carolyn Holm Emmerson Seattle, WA 98122 18 Linaria Way 206-323-0492 ♦ T-08 Portola Valley, CA 94028-7426 650-233-9843 ♦ T-01 Patricia Corcoran [email protected] Patrick Fabian Atatürk statue in Konya. The mosque at Kazancık. Addresses / 51 Ankara - METU 65-67 Joshua M Bear Ankara - METU 65-67 William M & Joanne Z Freed Ankara - METU 20 65-67 David A Gancher Ankara - METU 65-67 Barbara (Gancher) Goldsmith Ankara - METU 65-67 Wayne L Harman Ankara - METU 65-67 William J Hibsher Ankara - METU 65-67 Gail M (Baum) Van Valkenberg Ankara - METU 65-67 Lydia J Williamson Ankara - METU 66-67 Donald J Weber Ankara - METU 66-68 Donald J Carolan Ankara - METU 66-68 Connie S Smith Wardell Ankara - METU 66-68 Robert Zahn Ankara - METU 67-69 Donald W Cruickshank Ankara - METU 67-69 James W Freeman Ankara - METU 67-69 Richard C Janzig Ankara - METU 67-69 Dana E Marmion Ankara - METU 67-69 Charles H Matterson Ankara - METU 67-69 Justin A McCarthy Ankara - METU 67-69 Gerald J Ramelow Ankara - METU 67-69 David L Wilson Ankara - METU 68-70 Elizabeth Helen Collins Ferrard Ankara - METU 68-70 Tim & Frances Mungaven Ankara - METU 68-70 Kathleen L Tietgens Reddaway Ankara - METU 68-70 Stephen & Dana Strand Ankara - METU 68-70 John F Taylor Ankara - METU 68-70 Virginia L Taylor-Saçlıoğlu Ankara - METU 69-70 Steven Adelman Ankara - METU 69-70 Thomas M Bauso Ankara - METU 69-70 Clemens Bribitzer 106 / Arkadaşlar—Friends of Turkey Sneaking Over to Rhodes we decided we should let them know where we were going. Bob McBride and Jim Dinsmore crafted and After the harsh winter of 1966–1967, spring was sent a telegram that read “Biz Rodos’a gidiyoruz. very welcome. There was supposed to be a short Allah izin verdi.” (“We’re going to Rhodes. Allah school vacation in March, but the ministry didn’t gave us permission.”) And he put all our names on it. give much notice of the dates. Once the dates were We were feeling pretty pleased with ourselves, determined, a small group of us in the Denizli area and we found a small fishing boat that was making decided to use the time to visit Marmaris. I don’t the crossing. Unfortunately, the trip was harrowing, remember at what point in our dolmuş ride to the with thunder and lightning all around and no real South Coast we decided it would be a great idea to navigation equipment.
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