tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423692342472387070.post8644175485997880320..comments2023-06-12T04:38:37.892-07:00Comments on diane in istanbul: requiem for a neighborhooddianewandererhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12688949211178531179noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423692342472387070.post-53226358063837370902011-02-06T13:17:11.934-08:002011-02-06T13:17:11.934-08:00Diane, what a grand piece. Your
writing is so good...Diane, what a grand piece. Your<br />writing is so good it smacks of<br />a non-fiction novel; something to<br />enchant we continental bound types<br />who may never see your Istanbul,<br />yesterday's or today's. In the meantime,<br />following your Turkish Tales is great<br />fun; prose is pregnant with poetics.Glenn Buttkushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10680725814199700692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423692342472387070.post-45939973057905727282011-01-31T06:16:34.081-08:002011-01-31T06:16:34.081-08:00Oh Diane! That was my neighbourhood too for quite ...Oh Diane! That was my neighbourhood too for quite a while (I lived midway down Kumbaraci Yokusu, near the church) and often when coming back from Vodafone at night after work I'd go to Montreal and have a beer and some fried veggies with yogurt and write... And Badehane! My flatmate and I went there. It was the first time I met you, though I don't know if you remember it. You were living in Morocco at the time, just back for a break. We shared a table by chance and you were dancing to the gypsy music. I recognized you immediately half a year later when you walked into my office as a teacher!<br /><br />Am glad you wrote this but sad to hear what has happened. I miss the Istanbul I left.<br /><br />PS this is MaryAnne. Your comment engine won't let me sign in with my regular blog ID (ephemeraanddetritus.com) but instead has chosen my old now-disused short-lived Turkish blog from that era when I lived in that neighbourhood- how odd!Yaramazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08459033489810120296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423692342472387070.post-21035857715742424632011-01-20T09:23:55.439-08:002011-01-20T09:23:55.439-08:00Seems like that's always what happens - the ar...Seems like that's always what happens - the artists create a wonderful scene, then the wealthy find it and take over. The artists are forced to move on.Meredith Regalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06036414681991643697noreply@blogger.com