Moldavian beauty Ekaterina Sau has won Miss Tourism World 2007 Beauty Contest in touristic paradise of Turkey/ Antalya in Adam & Eve Hotel. Girls from Dominic Republic and Kyrgyzstan followed her. 18 years old Ekaterina has told that she has seen the crown in her dreams. As we are interested in more about the bikinis than silly dreams I would like to go to the needed step instantly. Here are some photos from the contest.

This is the horse from the Hollywood movie Troy. It was given as gift to the town of Canakkale

And the previous wooden Trojan Horse copy staying in Ciplakkoy – Canakkale.

It is interesting to see especially the first horse in the center of the city after watching it in the famous film Troy.

Turkey has won a legendary victory against Czech Republic in Euro 2008 bringing score to 3-2 from 0-2 in just 15 minutes. What I will tell is not the praise of this match but a tradition, actually an awful tradition which is applied by many ignorant soccer fans. I decided to write at last hearing that terrible sound (the informer of stupid death) exploding around the buildings on my street where I live (regarded as one the most modern areas in Istanbul)

Briefly, these ignorant people take their pistols, go to balconies and shoot to the sky many times to show their joy after such football victories!! Well, sometimes (as expected by clever ones) they fail on the directions and the bullets don’t go to the sky but to the other innocent people who are walking on the streets, sitting in balconies or even at homes. After every important match it is natural to hear in tvs and radios that one, two people died and several wounded by these bloody f..ked monsters. Should I say more? Maybe, they should buy a musical keyboard to produce the sound of the bullets for better ear pleasure. But, no! Unfortunately the ignorance and the musical sound of some people of this country seems to be an eternal dark cycle and we have to continue live with the reptiles.
A late addition: Actually, this tradition also takes lives in the celebrations of weddings and even in the new year nights!

There is a legendary list very popular in Turkish blogs for years. Some say they are true, some say they are not. I personally think that some of them are really true stories because all mainstream news, tvs had given on their front pages. I remember some of them. I tried my best for correct translation. Sorry for my poor grammar beforehand. Enjoy the death!

1) One worker tried to pass through under a 600 ton press machine by crawling to light his cigaratte in front of a 2450 celcius degrees industrial oven. Place : Karabuk Iron & Steel Factory

2) A person died while he is getting hair cut on a barber salon. The reason is that the barber suddenly turned his neck to left and right thinking that it will give relaxness to the client. Place : Erzurum, Center Barber Salon (I believe it is true, because personally met such barbers who think that this will make the neck better working, dear tourists! keep yourself prepared while you are in local barbers)

3) A fly escaped to one’s stomach through mouth. He tried to kill it with Sheltox insect killer by spraying inside. Place: Istanbul / Sultanbeyli

4) One person tried to take out a stone which was escaped to his shoe and leaned towards a electric post. A passerby villager thought he was being shocked by electricity and tried to help him, then hit him by the head with his oar. Place: Rize / Ardesen / Tunca Village

5) Someone was going happily on the road. A balcony from a building drops on him!! Place : Istanbul / Dudullu

6) He was saved from a traffic accident and while he was being sent to hospital in an ambulance, ambulance took part in another traffic accident. He died this time. Actually, it is very common situation in Turkey. I don’t know about the other countries.

7) A father and his son was working in the same factory on different time tables, one in daytime, one in nighttime. While the father was coming back to home, another was going to the work in their mobylettes. They tried to greet each other by shaking hands and crashed. Both died. Place:Konya/Meram

5 men in a car who were going drunken on the main auto highway called TEM, stopped the car on the right side and began dancing on the road because the song was great in Super FM channel. 3 of them died by crashing cars. Interestingly all died by different car crashes in some time. Place: Adapazari/Hendek

Here is the grand opening for EnglishTurkey.com !

Look at these crazy Turkish dancers ! It is actually from a traditional Turkish wedding where alcohol drives the entertainment. What about the background fast music?!