social club
It was the first time to be invited into a turkish tea house in Kucuk Pazar, which was about 10 minutes' walk from the Grand Bazaar. This was a traditional neighbourhood in the central city.Beside a demolished wooden house's site, an old tailor was concentrating on sawing. Only kids were playing in the alley while their mums sometimes peeped them from the upstairs windows.
The tea house was not new to me,which i had known from the turkish movie "Distant". It was like social club where men gathered to play backgammon while being served steaming hot Turkish tea.They also watched TV or talked about daily things together.With a custom of "men domain",it is obvious that the existence of us three girls let them feel unexpected.These small tea houses can be easily found in villages,town squares,seasides and so on, where people spend day and night in this city.
The trip to Gulensu 2 days later was in the late sunny morning. It was a quiet and peaceful gecekondu village where i can see housewives doing housework in the balconies or chatting in the small garden in front of houses. Men went out to earn a living, women took care of families and prepared for dinner.This scene may be changed by the invasion of new built gate communities beside the village. Some day the inhabitants of Gulensu may move into those modern style apartment thanks to the city's policy,with the lost of their beloved garden, the family-like neighbourhood, the best girlfriends,and many pleasant moment.
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