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How To Wudu

A short sketch of the ritual steps of washing that Muslims do before praying. There are separate washing routines for other occasions. Water is important.

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Turkey: Bosphorus in August

A drawing I made last summer, just rediscovered it. From Besiktas overlooking the Bosphorus.

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Turkish in Cartoons: O Bedava Mezar Bulsa Olucek

A Turkish saying : "Oh Bed-ah-va Maze-are Bull-sa Ehw-lehw-jek" - for some one who appreciates free offers a little too well.

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Drawn Shirt from Istanbul: Fatih Mosque

A tshirt I drew last August, Ramadan in Istanbul! While sitting outside of Fatih Mosque and besieged by groups of teyzes curious about what I was doing....

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Turkish in Cartoons: Kafam cok karisik

A useful phrase for everyday living, in Turkey or out. [KAH-fum Choke Car-uh-sheek]

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Gultan Kisanak, on Turkish Constitution

From a Stanford Law event with Kurdish members of the Turkish Parliament.

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Four Drawings of Sezgi

I drew these all the way back in 2005, after I got home from my first trip to Turkey. I was working off of photos taken of Sezgi. I don't remember why I drew her so many times, but the proof is in the notebook. None of ...

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Teyze Project

Teyze meants aunt in Turkish, it's also what you call that special kind of friendly maternal woman in your life.

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Turkish Sugar

A quick sketch of Turkish sugar cubes, for Hena.

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Nigde Rug, postcard from Turkey

A drawing of a rug from Nigde, Turke.

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Annedolu Anatolia

Surprise surprise, Turkey is the land mass otherwise known as "Full of Moms".  Though perhaps in the next Constitution, they can make a Teyzedolu, "Full of Aunts", province.

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Turkish Convergence: Bamya Obama

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Drawn Circles: from Turkey, Bor & Iskenderum

Two drawn fabric circles -- black marker on a stiff white upholstery fabric.  I drew them last September in Turkey -- the one ...

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Turkish Convergences

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How to Carry Things In Turkish

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The Watermelon Slippers – Karpuz Tshirt

I hand drew these Watermelon (or Karpuz, in Turkish) Slippers on a lightly used white women's tshirt.  I used fabric paint-markers from Tee-Juice for the color, and then ...

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Istanbul University Gate

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Did You Know: Everything Is Turkish

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Convergences in Turkish: Karabalik Kalabalik

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Tshirts in Turkey that I actually saw & still don’t understand

I do not understand any of these t-shirts. Obviously there is some cryptic factory with an English language dictionary and vaguely threatening mission, that has persuaded lots of ...

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Turkish Pickup Lines, an inventory, summer 2011

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3 Turks Tshirt, Drawn Shirt

Another Drawn Shirt from Istanbul, this time no buildings, just Turks.  Three of them that I saw on August 15th, Turk watching, the national sport of ...

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The Grand Bazaar, Istanbul Sketchbook

Maybe I will add color someday.

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Drawn Shirt, Istanbul, Aya Sofiya at Ramadan

A weekend project, on old tshirt, done while on the grass during Ramadan afternoon between Sultanahmet and Aya Sofiya....

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Watermelon Slippers

My favorite tourist find in Istanbul so far, tragically priced out of my range at YTL 125.

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Istanbul Forecast

In the wake of too much Orhan Pamuk.

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Summer Fashion Istanbul, part 2

without lines, with line...

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Iftar Plates

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Catstanbul

Thanks to Hena for inspiration!

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Istanbul on the Head

In the grand tradition of strangely calm men with heads full of simit, sandwiches, and various other foodstuffs in quantities that could feed a Turkish wedding party... And I have ...

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