MEHMET IN HIS SHOP
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We went to buy me a phone, down on the tramline below Gulhane Park. Mehmet later moved up to a shop behind Sultanahmet tram stop and became a very good friend, keeping my phones working until he retired.
RAT-FACED CHEAPSKATE
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Active Laundry – Rat-faced cheapskate! – Ömer—— Overcharged me on laundry, and after I drew his picture, too. Probably still skinning tourists in Sultanahmet. His friend was okay….
NIZAM BREAKING UP
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Nizam 2004——Handsome and worried.
ERKAN IN 2004
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The first of many drawings of handsome Erkan, who came to work at Kybele at 13 and still runs The Yörük Collection gift shop. He speaks a gazillion languages including Japanese, has a lovely family, and still has those swoony eyes.
HOT BROTHERS
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Brothers Hasan & Vefa “Jim Caviezal & Montgomery Clift”—– Although it has changed hands, Hasan & Vefa are still at Kybele Hotel. Vefa’s the manager and Hasan runs the excellent cafe. They’re still hot.
VEFA OUT FRONT
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Vefa, Manager, Kybele——-Still out front.
SERDAR TAKES A BREAK
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Serdar worked at Kybele Hotel from the time he was 17, a few years before this was drawn, until he was 30. Now he’s married and a well-employed father in Canada.
PARTY AT MIKE’S WITH NORWEIGANS
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7 Norweigan visitors – 3 American professors from Qatar – & Sam & his wife who followed the lamps in from the street – went home to San Francisco – Sam’s Hands – Billie – Brit unmasked——One of many raucous gatherings at Mike’s Museum. He’s sanguine at center. All these people were as always having a very good time and buy-ing lots of goodies to remind them of it back home. I’m at center left in a hat.
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RAYMOND & AJATA AT MIKE’S
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Raymond & Ajata from Paris. A few months away from the birth of their daughter. 9 April 04——Somewhere is a very cool French-Korean teenager. I hope.