Istanbul, my darling city, I never get bored writing about you and never get bored visiting you. Before New York, you were there and you always will be there. (If we get rid of all these political nonsense in the country. :/) As you know, I had a month long vacation between April and May. I’ve started my vacation from my hometown Adana, then It continued in Ankara…
4 Cities You Should Visit in Turkey Vacation (Other Than Istanbul)
June 15, 2017Since I am visiting my hometown, I decided to share some insider information about Turkey. If you wanna do a Turkey vacation and see different places not only stuck with Istanbul, these are the cities you should see and enjoy the culture, nature, food, and beaches… Adana Why did I pick Adana? Because It’s my hometown and definitely interesting city see with eastern culture but at the same…
Adana The City Of Craziness and Non-Existing Baby Bump
June 12, 2017Here I am with non-existing my baby bump. The place everything started. I am in Adana where is south of Turkey, also is my hometown. Adana is the 6th biggest city in Turkey. It’s best known for the very famous food called “Adana Kebab”. Which is why I call the land of kebab. I think my hometown is the hilarious city in Turkey. Because the weather is too hot,…
Fazil Say is my favorite classical music virtuoso. He is one the biggest artists in his time. Because he is not only a performer but also a composer. Can you imagine that he composed his first piano sonata when he was 14 years old? I barely started to write my first stories, at that age, lol. Such a talent. It is such a privilege to have him in…
An Eid, A Newborn Baby, A Wedding, The Ultimate Istanbul Vacation
September 25, 2016Here I am again going to Istanbul. This time just for 10 days. I am going to attend one of my best friends’ wedding in Istanbul. You may know Deniz from some of my IG photos or not. Actually, this isn’t very important. The thing is she is my friend from college and we both very lucky to live in New York. It’s very rare thing to live…
Robert Clergerie in Istanbul Brought by Alley Girl
December 27, 2015This is not an actual Istanbul trip. While we are going to Maldives, we decide to stop in Istanbul for 2 days to reunite with our families. Because It has been almost one and a half year since we’ve seen our families in Turkey. So we decide to buy our transfer tickets with 2 days off. If I plan everything for my ClergerieGirls journey, It would be probably…
It was beyond magical. When: Saturday, Where: Carnegie Hall Who: Fazıl Say and Orpheus Undoubtly Fazıl Say is the greatest composer of Turkish Music. I was so proud to be there in that magical night. When I was a little girl I was reading this book and the main girl from the book was invited to the Fazıl Say’s concert. They were young individuals too but they prefered to…
This is the first time, I visited Istanbul after I started my blog. If you don’t know that I am originally from Turkey and before New York I used to live in Istanbul for 6 six years. I went to college in Istanbul later, I found my first job in this dream city. I was there this time for best friends’ wedding. She is my best friend from college…
I think Blue tile is something really related to Istanbul. I din’t know if you’ve ever been to Istanbul. Whom be there know exactly what I am talking about. If you have been Istanbul, you most probably visit historic places like Sultan Ahmet Mosque (a.k.a. Blue Mosque), Topkapi Palace, Hagia Sophia, Basilica Cistern… Most of the people adore Sultan Ahmet Mosque because of those magnificent tiles. This is…
I really enjoy today’s weather. Finally Spring is coming to NY. While I am jogging at Central Park, I recognize that the trees start to be green end of April this year. It is kind of horrible the fact that global warming slapped us on the face this year. 🙁 As I remember in my childhood, trees were blossoming their flowers and growing their leaves around end of…