Baking Pide

These women are baking the fresh pide we ate during
lunch at a restaurant in a historic house next to the
Museum of Anatolian Civilizations.

Anatolian Museum

The museum was magnificent, much changed from the Hittite Museum where my mother volunteered in the early 60s. On top of the museum book is a Hittite
Deer bell and a small figurine of the Mother Goddess. After visiting the museum, we sat outside in the park and watched the king and queen of Sweden arrive with their entourage.

Ataturk's Women

The first of these symbolic women in front of
Ataturk’s Mausoleum is holding out her bowl, asking for a blessing. The second is showing her grief, and the third represents dignity.

The Group

Brian Heyboer 74;
Mark Fortune 65; Steve Suber 68; Hilary Van Buskirk (Straub) 65; Bonnie Moran; Wendi Crabill (Felson) 67; Bob Fletcher 63; Jon Genens;
Vanessa Joseph (Genens) 67; Dennis Funchess 59; Isa

After visiting Ataturk’s Mausoleum, we were received by Ambassador Ross Wilson’s wife, Margo Squire at their residence. Margo gave us a tour of the Residence, then served us coffee, tea, juice and snacks in the garden.

Margo Squire; Mac Funchess; Anita Donohoe 66; Dennis Funchess 59; Mark Fortune 65

Only Anita could get the Ambassador's wife to wear a Connections button!!!!!

Margo Squire; Anita Donohoe 66; Patricia Ulku

Old friends Erdal “Mike the Turk” Bargut and Anita Donohoe 66 cheer you from Bilkent University overlooking Ankara.

Sherefe!

Ulus

Photo by Wendi Crabill (Felson) 67

Ankara has changed into a thriving metropolis with a population over seven million and the accompanying traffic jams. You hear the Call to Prayer, but the sound of the Bekci’s whistle is no more.

These two photographs are blurry, which is appropriate because I was seeing the old structures when these faded into view.

Old Maltepe Location

Our hotel was just down the street from he old Purple Pit. It is now a small square with a taxi kiosk on the corner and sits across from a metro station.

My house in Bacilievler is now an apartment building, part of a row of many apartment building. But the old Riding Club is still there!

The Kara Deniz swimming pool is now a cemetery for VIPs. I saw the Ankara Palas, and the Embassy still stands on Ataturk Caddesi, and the Residence is still up the hill.

Officer's Mall

The Officer’s Club on Çankaya Hill is now a modern shopping mall topped by a space needle with a rotating restaurant.

Turkey Tour 2006