You Cannot Stop What is Coming

You Cannot Stop What is Coming

I love this quote, 'You Cannot Stop What is Coming'  and therefore I am taking ownership of it.
:D

A picture from the past

I heard a similar a similar version of this quote in a movie, however I cannot remember which movie, if someone does know what movie it was, please let me know.

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Lost my iPhone 6

Lost my iPhone 6+

Lost my iPhone 6+ by leaving it at the back seat of a yellow taxi in Istanbul.   Me and my son Ahmet were sitting in the back, while my wife was sitting in the front seat.  We had a conversation with the driver as he said that he was assigned to a station in Kucukyali of Istanbul.  However, we did not think to get his plate number, which would have made it easier to locate the driver later.  

Also, when getting out of the taxi, I noticed that it was actually a blue car, but painted yellow over it.   

Lastly, it was a small SUV type vehicle not a sedan.  

I hurried home, and my brother in law Gokhan completed a google search and found out that there were a minimum six taxi stations in Kucukyali, this was not a good news.  He called all of them, but no driver had brought back a phone to the station. 

I decided to go to Kucukyali and visit each taxi station.  Kucukyali was half an hour away by bus.  The first station I visited was called Kucukyali Merkez taxi, and the attendant advised me that they did not have a driver with the description I gave them, plus he advised me that there were ten taxi stations in Kucukyali and he gave me a list of all of them, this was more bad news for me.  

I walked to the following stations with out success:

Kucukyali Merkez,

Altmisuc,

Kilavuz,

Karayollar, 

Altintepe, and

Isik. 

I was getting exhausted and sweating, literally I was wet with sweat.  Plus, I was losing hope, actually I had lost hope already and I had walked for over two hours and I was feeling like I was wasting time now and in my mind, I thinking of having to organize my old phone as my new phone one again.  

The next taxi station on my list was Aydinevler, this station was north of the E5 highway, and therefore took me another 30 minutes of walking.  

I went into the station and spoke with the attendant and after my description of the car and the driver, he called the driver and the driver said "yes he had the iPhone", I was almost in tears, I was soo very happy.  The driver was on his way back to the station to give me my phone.  

I walked over to the near by corner store and bought one litre of coke, Fanta orange juice and lemonade as a gift to all the drivers at the station.  They were very pleased at this action of mine. 

The driver came, we hugged, I grabbed my phone and walked home with a smile and joy in my face.  The drivers name was Alaeddin.  

This was my last day in Istanbul prior to returning to Canada the next day, it will be the most memorable day of the entire trip as it has very low emotions to extreme high emotions.  

Hiram Usta Heykeli

Hiram Usta Heykeli 

Turkiye Ziraat Bankasi'nin Ayasofya muzesi'ne bakan cephesinde bulunan terasinin her iki kenarinda batida kadin, doguda ise erkek olmak uzere iki adet insan heykeli yer almaktadir.

Heykellerin her ikisi de, tek dizleri ustune comelmis ikiser adetde erkek cocuk heykeleri ile sarilmislar.   

Hiram Usta

Cocuklarin arasinda dimdik ayakta durarak bir kompozisyon olusturan heykellerden kadin olaninin uzerinde, uzun bir elbise bulunmaktadir.   Kisa ve duzgun saclari bulunan kadin heykelinin, her iki elini gogus seviyesine kadar kaldirmis olan heykelin sol eli bir cisim tutuyormus gibi gozukuyorsa da bu el bostur veya zamanla tuttugu cisim kirilmistir.  

Erkek heykelin onu ip kusakla bagli uzun ve duz bir elbise giymektedir, uzun ve gur sakalli heykeli de, her iki elini gogus seviyesine kadar kaldirmis ve sag elinde bir cekik ve sol elinde ise bir keski tutmaktadır.  

Bu heykellerin mason localarinin kutsal kadin ve erkek kisisi, “dul kadin” ile oglu “Hiram Usta” oldugunu ileri surmektedirler.  

Birde, “dul kadinin cocuklari, masonlari ifade eder” ve tum mason localari uyelerinin kutsal dul kadini sembolik anneleri olarak kabul ettiklerini ve bu iki kutsal kisi etrafında birlestiklerini ortaya koymaktadırlar.

Bu video'tu İstanbul’da Galata koprusunun onundeki Ziraat bankasinin terasindaki heykeller ve etrafini Karakoy mahallesi ben kendim cektim, link'ide asagida.  

https://youtu.be/nVVuD-F5n6o

Saygilarimla, 

Kalenderhane Mosque

Kalenderhane Mosque

Kalenderhane Mosque is a former Eastern Orthodox church in Istanbul, converted into a mosque by the Ottomans.   The church, when built was originally dedicated to the Theotokos Kyriotissa, meaning Virgin the mother of God.

Kalenderhane Mosque

Built on top of a fifth or sixth century Roman bath complex, the Church of Theotokos Kyriotissa was built in the twelfth century during the Komnenian Dynasty and functioned as a Greek Orthodox Byzantine church until 1453.  In 1453, after the conquest of Constantinople the church was assigned to the Kalenderi Dervishes and they used the structure as a zaviye (Islamic religious school) and imaret (soup kitchen).

In 1746, Haci Besir Aga - chief eunuch of the Topkapi Palace converted the church into a mosque by adding mihrab, minbar, and mahfil.  The structure was restored several times due to the fires that took place in the late nineteenth century.

This is my video filmed in August of 2017 of the interior (hyperlinked below), there is a second video of the exterior, (please find it in YouTube as well), enjoy. 

https://youtu.be/glNk-kRIFVE

Haci Suleyman Bey Ilk Okulu

Haci Suleyman Bey Ilk Okulu

Haci Suleyman Bey Ilk Okulu is an elementary school located at Cibali area of Haydar neighbourhood in Istanbul, Turkey.  It is the school that I attended for grade 2 and grade 3 around the years 1978 and 1979.  I have wonderful memories while attending this school and living in this area.  

Haci Suleyman Bey Ilk Okulu

The phone number of the school is:

0212-521-1126. The address is: Cibali mahallesi, Mustakbel sair baki sokak, no 7, Fatih, Istanbul.  Here is a short video of the surroundings and of the school itself I filmed in August of 2017, the link of the YouTube video is below, enjoy. https://youtu.be/djb0RyPIKaU

Take care, 

Haydarpasa Terminal

Haydarpasa Terminal

Istanbul Haydarpasa Terminal was a railway terminal in Istanbul (Asian side of the big city) and until 2012 the station was a major intercity, regional and commuter rail hub, as well as the busiest railway station in Turkey.  

Haydarpasa Terminal

The neo-classical Haydarpasa station / building, was built by Sultan Abdulhamit in 1906 to 1908 and its purpose was to connect the eastern lands of the Ottoman Empire to the capital of Istanbul.  

The foundation is on 1,100 wooden piles, each 21 meters (69 feet) long, driven into the mushy shore by steam hammer.

This building has a deep history in the Turkish culture as it represents a passage from the urban eastern lands to the new west.   

This video was filmed while on a ferry boat travelling from Eminonu (European side of the city) to Kadikoy (Asian side).  Enjoy, the YouTube link of the video is below.

https://youtu.be/3TyriFpjU0A

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