Tag: outdoors

Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanic Garden
5Jun By Mina ErtemNo Comments
The City

Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanic Garden

I was raised and spent more than 25 years in Harbiye which is located in the European Side of Istanbul. For the last 10 years, I live in different parts of the Asian Side and I am still homesick for ‘karşı’ (the other side). To me it is much more fun to live on the European side, a lot more to do, a lot more to discover, to go, to see, to enjoy. I used to go to Belgrad Forest almost every Sunday for the morning walk at its beautiful 6 km route, into the arms of the mother nature. A couple of days ago, I was wondering where I can go for a nice morning walk. It needs to be a place not as far as Caddebostan coastline or Fethi Pasha Grove, I wanted someplace close-by Ataşehir. After quick surfing on the net I met her! Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanic Garden, only 6 km away from me! I do not know...
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Mangal Zamanı
13Apr By EditorNo Comments
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Mangal Zamanı

The French love picnic The little red and white table cloth perfectly ironed The wicker basket full of camembert and a red wine bottle Turks also have a passion for picnics Here the tablecloth is colourful The basket is replaced by thousands of plastic bags filled with the all the fridge The mangal is the masterpiece of any well done picnic Either along sahil yolu or just next to the country side road The smell of grilled meat invades the air. Some evening the parks turn themselves into real stove… In Maçka Parkı the Makro bags overflow from the trash cans While along Haliç, families fan the fire under the tea pot Reminding the smoke signal from the American Indians But over all, there is a beautiful feeling of holidays flowing in the air… Guest Co...
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