Tag: Istanbul

  • Turkish Shops

    I took this photo in the Summer of 2002 just a short distance from my favorite Turkish mosque, the Fatih Cami. I passed these shops everyday heading to TEGV, where I…

  • Aya Sofia

    When I first visited Istanbul, Turkey, in December, 1999, the first place I wanted to see was the Aya Sofia. My hotel was in the Fatih district but I was able to catch a…

  • Turkish Education Volunteers Foundation

    I had a memorable summer volunteering with the Turkish Education Volunteers Foundation (TEGV) in the summer of 2002. I volunteered as an English teacher. I had a nice…

  • Swordsman in Istanbul

    One of my most memorables times during graduate school. I spent the 2001 summer interning with TEGV in Istanbul, Turkey. During this time Turkey was in turmoil, the US…