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Exploring the Pearl of the Aegean: A Travel Guide to Attractions and Things to Do in Izmir, Turkey

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Exploring the Pearl of the Aegean: A Travel Guide to Attractions and Things to Do in Izmir, Turkey
Exploring the Pearl of the Aegean: A Travel Guide to Attractions and Things to Do in Izmir, Turkey

Izmir, located in the western coast of Turkey, is a city with a rich history and culture, and a vibrant atmosphere. Known as the third most populous city of Turkey, Izmir offers a wide range of attractions and things to do for visitors of all ages and interests.

One of the top attractions in Izmir is the Kemeraltı Bazaar, a historic market that has been in operation for over 600 years. The bazaar is home to over 4,000 shops selling everything from spices and textiles to jewelry and ceramics. Visitors can also find a variety of street food in the bazaar, and enjoy a taste of traditional Turkish cuisine.

Another popular attraction in Izmir is the Alsancak district, a lively neighborhood known for its restaurants, cafes, and bars. Visitors can take a stroll down the picturesque streets and enjoy the lively atmosphere, as well as the beautiful architecture of the buildings.

For those interested in history, the ancient city of Ephesus is a must-see. Located just a short drive from Izmir, Ephesus was once one of the most important cities of the ancient world, and it is home to a number of well-preserved ruins, including the Temple of Hadrian, the Library of Celsus, and the Great Theater. Visitors can take a guided tour of the site and learn about the history of Ephesus.

For those interested in nature, the Konak Square is a great destination. The square is surrounded by beautiful parks and gardens, as well as the Konak Pier, from where visitors can take a ferry to the nearby islands. Visitors can take a leisurely stroll through the square and enjoy the beautiful views of the sea and the city.

If you're looking for a taste of traditional Turkish culture, a visit to the Alagöz Mosque is a must. The mosque, which was built in the 19th century, is one of the most important religious sites in Izmir and is known for its beautiful tilework and intricate calligraphy. Visitors can also see the tombs of Alagöz Bey, the Sufi saint after whom the mosque is named, and his companions.

For those who want to escape the city, the Alsancak district is a great option. The district is located on the hilltop overlooking the city, offers panoramic views of Izmir and the surrounding countryside. Visitors can take a leisurely walk in the district's beautiful streets and enjoy the unique architecture of the buildings.

Izmir is a city with a rich culture and history, and there are plenty of attractions and things to do for visitors. From ancient ruins to modern districts, traditional bazaars to beautiful parks, Izmir offers something for everyone. Plan your trip to this unique destination and enjoy the best of what Turkey has to offer.

Another must-see attraction in Izmir is the Izmir Archaeological Museum, which is located in the heart of the city. The museum features a wide range of artifacts from the ancient city of Smyrna, which was the former name of Izmir, and from other ancient cities in the surrounding area, including Ephesus and Pergamum. Visitors can see a wide range of artifacts, from pottery and jewelry to sculptures and inscriptions, and learn about the history of the region.

For those who are interested in contemporary art, the Izmir Museum of Contemporary Art is a must-see. The museum, which is located in the Alsancak district, features a collection of modern Turkish and international art, including paintings, sculptures, and installations. Visitors can see the works of some of the most famous contemporary artists and learn about the development of modern art.

If you're looking for something more adventurous, the Cumalikizik village is a great option. The village, which is located just a short drive from Izmir, is a well-preserved Ottoman-era village. Visitors can take a stroll through the village's picturesque streets and enjoy the traditional architecture of the houses, as well as the local handicrafts and souvenirs.

For those interested in outdoor activities, the Cesme Peninsula is a great destination. The peninsula is known for its beautiful beaches and crystal clear waters, making it a popular spot for swimming, sunbathing, and water sports. Visitors can also take a boat tour of the nearby islands and enjoy the beautiful scenery.

Ankara is also home to a number of parks and gardens where visitors can relax and enjoy the outdoors. One of the most popular parks in Izmir is the Kulturpark, which is located in the city center and features a lake, a playground, and a variety of sports facilities. Visitors can take a walk or a bike ride, relax in the park's gardens, or take a boat ride on the lake.

Finally, for those looking for a unique cultural experience, the Izmir International Fair is a great option. The fair, which is held annually in August, features a wide variety of performances, including music, dance, and theater, as well as cultural exhibitions. Visitors can enjoy a performance by some of Turkey's most talented musicians and performers and learn about the different cultures of the world.

Izmir is a city with a wide variety of attractions and things to do for visitors. Whether you're interested in history, culture, nature, or contemporary art, there is something in Izmir for everyone to enjoy. So, pack your bags and head to Izmir for an unforgettable trip!

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ICONSIAM Best Shopping Mall in Bangkok, Thailand

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How to Make Turkish Pottery / Turkish Ceramic / Factory Tour to Cappadocia, Turkey

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How to Make Turkish Pottery / Turkish Ceramic / Factory Tour to Cappadocia, Turkey
How to make Turkish Pottery, How to Design Turkish Ceramics, Factory Tour to Turkey
Turkish Pottery
My experience with this is like 70 years old. We already have sweet use experience for this part in the families to the talented child for how to make pottery or learn how to draw the designs of paintings and this calendar once you learn English I can't make pottery but that is that's why I told its production. He is going to make one of this for us it has little risk while doing the demonstration because this is the most typical chain because of this circle it's hollow they tried a few times to make the perfect circle but I will pray for him. I am sure he is going to do that actually has enough experience for this firstly he will make this spout part and then he will come to you with the base of it then this handle finally this circle parts in the details period its craters actually they believe thousand of different colours and they do some ceremonies in the ceremonies they serve wine to do guests the wine vessels looks like to be a goddess also in this circle.
The shape and I created for them some gas the name is Irina the circle represents the Sun of course before the ceremony they fill it with red wine little spice be edited that like closed sweet spices and then we keep it deep outside when the sunset lines pass through from this hole and make the wine special it blessed the wine they believe if they drink that secret wine all the sunlights goes into their body and please help and power for serving there are three different ways first one for the guests for your friends you can serve on your bracelets and you can drink as much because special guests someone just serve the winemakers her technique is by technique you can use it also for the productions in this area we have different kinds of materials because this area is a volcanic area and the longest river of Turkey called Red River is passing middle of this time while it's passing it made a little curve and collected lots of calories we get this red clay directly from there from the old riverbed totally natural no chemicals just mix it water keep it in the special room which has little community inside for about three or four months and it's a kind of fermentation actually then we pass it from different machines to break the small stones take the evolves house becomes very pure very fine much and then artists can shape it on two wheels.

Lights red clay must be used for their usable things like storage or cooking she sure needs many years experience and now all the pieces each other actually we read about one day for attaching it because it's too wet we press it so hard just for demonstrating he's going to attach them you have a spout and the after we shape the mud we keep the products in the drank groups for about 15 days it must try really slowly because while drying almost had perceptions if they drive too fast they shrink too fast and it's broken unfortunately so we lose about 30 35 percent before we get fired actually before five minutes not that strong very fragile while we are polishing them but same tape also some of them before first battery if it's broken we can recycle the mud and we can reuse it after all those processes we put the products into the kilns mostly for the red clay ones we use both my ankles or the white clay and we prefer electric versions which we are going to see in the next room also firing processes it takes about eight hours in 950 recesses after firing we can't comply with these acts or the red clay products can be used that's what the handle this design tonight design because you can find some civilized people's in it like those ships fears horses some purpose and kids designs also the advice but if you decide violent drawing that's why all becomes one of a kind he never repeated the same once again after he chose to design he painted and then it was produced by using red plane.

We just punish it for protecting colours so the results look like this one and parties dish for sure and also by crazy firstly she paints the fight products with blue top by using compass he draws some geometrical designs of the carpet and that he feels with Luke you today by squeezing his tool here incidentally is to excuse it and apply the design it becomes ready but while he is working he has to have a bright image and 10 minutes 15 minutes otherwise the muscles and the people get to come that's why with full concentration he wants maximum to almost in a day with lots of grimaces takes really long time to finish one of these and after pleasing colors to the with change pyramid becomes darker as you can see some small and big map we have good finally on the south side of the town also as I told you before mostly for the white clay once we use these ones here natural gases just arrived to this period that's why we are not using more but maybe in the future we will use them after all those processes preparing remark shaping polishing firing as you can see it becomes my head white paper physically we drove designers and then apply that colours even for the design for the colours artists are free they can choose any of them mostly they use traditional ones sometimes they add something from their mind also the painting process is really difficult to take stood a long time because we are using with metal oxides water-based.

 They are very sensitive so while and applying the first touchings always observed by the plate so we have to pass all run over four times five times to catch the stronger colours but if it's too much or less we can't catch the perfect contrast that's why we need very study and very experienced and it takes about five or six years to learn how to use these colours after all those paintings we prepare glaze by using quartz it's the raw material of glass actually we dip the painted items into that mixture and Howard with blazes you can see we put it to the kiln and fire it for 12 hours 1000 60 degrees Celsius after firing glaze melts becomes transparent and shine like this plate here in all the colors get different contrast impossible to catch the same contrast again because of the hand touching some of the designs are very special for us because created by our families artists here and became very popular in this area for example this design both steel design like moving the silk carbons a lot of details in it as you can see here here is lace design like Ahmed was working it's ready traditional color cobalt blue and turquoise blue use in it another design special design turquoise blue it's very sensitive color because it's made of copper oxide in the kiln it's burns very easily sometimes comes out black or grease the generations the big families that's why Anatolia in Anatolia they give it to the brides as a wedding gift from their parents to wish a long life a long generation with lots of kids as you can see here these spring flowers represent all the generations next general.
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Step by Step Guide to Fix Your Turkish Lamp at Home

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Step by Step Guide to Fix Your Turkish Lamp at Home
Turkish Lamps in Grand Bazaar
Step by Step Guide to Fix Your Turkish Lamp at Home
Today, I will tell you Turkish Lamp Fixture at Home. How the story begins we were looking for some kind of lamp to go over our television at home as the corner which is pretty dark. We didn't want anything too bright, but just enough to illuminate the area. Following my steps will definitely help you to Fix your Turkish Lamp.

Tools to Fix your Turkish Lamp

i. The lamp you will use will be the centrepiece of the project, so be sure to pick something that will make you happy to look at every day. Again in my case, we needed three lamps.

ii. An inline on/off lamp switch. You can place this anywhere on the electrical cord to fit your installation.

iii. Black tape roll is needed for lamp connection or uses heat shrink / a soldering iron, but in my case, the electrical tape will work fine.

iv. A lamp electrical cord. Make sure that it will be long enough to reach the outlet from where you hang the lamp.

v. Sisal rope for the electric cord of lamp. In my case, we used a roll of 1/4 inch thick.

vi. Thinner Jute roll to wrap the lamp cords to each other. Choose one size for doing a lamp with a single cord.

Steps to Fix your Turkish Lamp

Step One: Prepare the lamp cords. Very first thing is to wrap the cords of the lamp. In my case, two of the lamps had been cut from their electrical plugs already and the third had an absolutely enormous plug on it. The cords were also twined thru the hanging chain which we did not want to leave as we were going to shorten the chain and wrap the cords in jute.

Step Two: Shorten The Chains. What we want was to hang all three lamps at different levels, so I set the lamp chains to shorten accordingly. Keep the links you remove, as once you have it hanging you may decide to change your mind and put the links back in. If not, it's always a good idea to keep things like that around to use in another project.

Step Three: Wrap The Lamp Cords. Simply tie a knot and start the wrapping to the jute close to the lamp as much as possible. Our lamps have a cord that is made of a fairly soft rubber material so the jute grabbed it just fine without slipping. if your cable is made out of a harder plastic, you may need to glue the initial knot in place to keep it from moving. Now it's time for the fun part. And by fun, I mean the part that's going to feel like it takes forever. every time you loop around a wire you want to be sure to push it tightly up against the previous loop. Make sure that none of the electrical cord is open showing.

The thicker rope is harder to work with, but will cover the cord more quickly while the smaller jute will take longer as you need more wraps to cover the same area. You should stop every so often to check your work and make sure that you are keeping the wrap tight. You don't want to get past the area, only to find out you need to back all the way up to re-do it. When you finally get to the end, you are going to tie it off with another couple of knots just like when you started it. My you need glue if your lamp cord is made of a harder plastic. You would do if you were wrapping only a single cord. You have to do this another two times before going to the next step. I am just going to speed this up and get thru it as quickly as possible for both our sakes.

Step Four: Wrap the Electrical Cord. As we are having three separate lamp cords come together here, we wanted the point that continued on to appear to be bulkier than the individual cords did. To get started, use a piece of the jute to tie the end of the rope to the cord at your initial starting point. You could also use glue, but we prefer the look of the jute as it matches in and will be wrapped in under the rope. Now, begin wrapping the rope around the electrical cord much as we did around the lamp cords.

Also, stop and check your work every so often to make sure you are keeping the wrap nice and tight for the same reasons as before. Keep wrapping for another four to six inches. Every so often, you are going to want to grab a piece of jute and tie a securing point on the cable to make sure it does not unravel. After that, just keep wrapping and securing until you have gotten the length that you need for your project. For us that approximately three feet which will reach from the area the cords will be hanging to down behind the television. Once you have reached the full length go ahead and tie off the end with another piece of jute and rejoice that you are finally done with that part.

Step Five: Install The Switch. First, you need to remove the screw that holds the casing together. After that, carefully split the two wires of the cable apart. Next, place the wire into the case so that you know where to cut. Only cut one of the wires. Once the wire is cut, fit it into the notches in the switch. There is really only one way it can go, so don't be afraid of messing it up. Finally push the two pieces of the casing back together, insert the screw back in and tighten everything up.

Step Six: Wire The Lamps Together. At this point, take your scissors and carefully remove the insulation from about an in of the end of each of the wires. I have already done that here, and you can see the bare copper showing on the end. Take two of the lamp cords and using one wire from one lamp, and a second wire from the other lamp, twist them together. Repeat that with the remaining two wires from the lamps leaving them connected with both wires. Now follow the above steps and apply to the other lamp. Finally, two sets to be taken which have already made by you, bring them together and twist them into two separate pairs. Now the electricity will be distributed to each of the lamps.

Now, we are going to wrap several layers of tape tightly around all of the exposed wirings. Wrap it from half an inch or so past the base of your exposed wiring all the way to a little past the tip. You want to be very careful and very thorough with this part. If you do not completely insulate the bare wires there is a very real chance they will spark and catch fire. This is not something you want to take your time and do it right. When everything is done, I am hoping the three cords coming out of the bundle will look like branches of a tree. Again just take your time to get a nice tight wrap along the entire length pausing occasionally to check your progress. Tie a couple of knots when you covered the remaining area.

Step Seven: Admire Your Amazing Lamp. You have done it! I know that I am extremely happy with how our lamp turned out and I hope that you are just as happy with yours.

The thing which I left only is hanging of a lamp and plug it in to enjoy its beauty. Creating something yourself is an amazing way to not only help your wallet and the planet, it feels good to be able to do it.
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Grand Bazaar, Spice Bazaar and Turkish Coffee in Istanbul

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Grand Bazaar, Spice Bazaar and Turkish Coffee in Istanbul
Grand Bazaar Corridor
Grand Bazar
Grand Bazaar
I wanted to tell you to one of the largest and oldest bazaars in the world that is Grand Bazaar. We had an amazing tour, I will share with you about the Grand Bazaar, Spice Bazaar & about some street food. let's tart from Grand Bazaar, it was built in ottoman empire's time and it's growing bigger and bigger in the Empire group and today I think it is over than four thousand shops. it's really huge and one of the surprising things is every language spoken is spoken here so you can hear Chinese, Japanese, English, Spanish and French. The shop owners are mostly fluent in every language and here I found some Turkish light it's one of the many delicacies in our culture and it's so good especially I love these ones because these ones are flavoured with a rose so you can taste at rosy deliciousness. In English they say Clark if you ever come to Turkey make sure you tried it you can find anything here shoes, bags, hats, shawls, Julie, gold, silver, diamonds, any type of jewelry, plates, carpets, you know everything that comes to mind you can find it in Grand Bazaar but there's a rule that you must follow which is bargaining make sure you bargain.

I love carpets and Turkish carpets are very famous as well and we even have the salt based restaurants here in Grand Bazaar. Traditional costumes which we don't wear these nowadays I think this is a costume for the henna party which usually happens before the wedding girls get henna in their hands and this is a costume for circumcision party some families a lot of families still do it.

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Turkish Coffee
Now, some words about Turkish coffee. Turkish coffee is very unique because what we do is we cook it with the beans then we serve it with the beans as well the beans have to be really far in the very ground and in that sense, it's very unique because it starts with the beans, we drink it every day. After we drink it we look at that or fortune also you have it's done and even when the girls are getting married the first time they meet their husbands tears they always make Turkish coffee to them so it holds a very dear place in our culture you can have it with some sugar, it's quite you know, it's like, it's a bit like espresso but well mid-face better than espresso but it's not very smooth so you can add some more sugar in it if you come to Turkey and try it out.

Once you drink the coffee you see the beans here, we call this Italia actually what I will do is, I'm gonna give it a good shake, there's actually a sentence we say that's me my fortune comes through something like it and I just flip it over and I wait for it to cool down reaction. A lot of superstitions here in Turkey, if we are walking and a bird poops on our head we think that we are going to get rich and looking at our fortune from the Turkish Cup is one of the main superstitions usually a person does this, once it is cool down we just open it up and we look at these shapes here and symbols and you know sometimes they see animals, sometimes they seem like a moon, heart.

We had snacks during the day, we eat a lot we like to pair it well with feta cheese or cream cheese and tomatoes I mean it's just great this neighbourhood. Here is such a historic place of Istanbul it was the main centre of Ottoman Empire so if you ever come here you'll see very old math very old buildings and they're just all so beautiful so pretty.

Spice Bazaar
Spice Bazaar
Spice Bazaar
Now, I will tell you about the spice market, it's about five-six minutes walk from Grand Bazaar and all the streets of Istanbul you're gonna find roasted chestnuts they're very delicious as well especially in cold winter. It's so crowded if you want to avoid the crowds make sure to come in the morning. Here we met Mr Josh's in Turkish spice market which translates to corn bazaar actually and there are lots of lots of spices in there and as soon as you get in you can't find spices not dried fruits some walnuts, pistachios and all the wonders that my country has to offer and a lot a lot of spices and spices as well and a lot of varieties of circus life just with everything that comes to mind.

I want to tell you a little bit about spices that are specific to us first one is smoke it's a great spice, it is an acidic flavour so you can put it on anything that you would put lemon on to so it goes well with salad it goes amazingly it soaks especially with lentil soup, I just love using schmuck whenever I'm cooking it just gives that acidic feel that lemon does and red pepper flakes is something being used a lot in our kitchen too especially from the southeastern part of Turkey you can buy it you know Miele thoughts you can base on your taste but it's definitely something you should back from Turkey as well and this is called Nurik. She seats a pomegranate sauce and it was amazing with salads as well and I haven't seen this anywhere else. it's quite like balsamic vinegar but it's a little bit sweeter so I think if you ever have seen it it's a someplace aside from Turkey.
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