INTERVIEW WITH ZAMAN
-Anne Andlaver & photographer Onur Hoban of Today’s Zaman interviewing me at Kybele.-Onur-Anne—–I drew this because I liked their contrasting faces. A huge black cloud came and squatted over the city, making it pitch dark at about 4 PM. In this, we got some interesting photos.
SUCCESSFUL CELAL
–Celal sitting pretty at Kalamar Restaurant in Kumkapi – The night we finally saw the Hasankeyf documentary -12 January—–Celal started in Kumkapi standing outside Kalamar Restaurat, inveigling tourists in several languages to come inside. Now he owns it. Celal sent me to Hasankeyf on the train to draw the city and the dam protest, and while there I was extensively interviewed by a TV crew as part of a documentary. I was able to plug the restaurant, but they hadn’t seen it until the night I drew this. When we came to that part, the place exploded in cheers.
KAMIL
-Quiet hero – Kamil—– What do Suleiman the Magnificent and Don Quixote author Cervantes have in common? Suleyman’s architect Mimar Sinan built Tophane Mosque with slaves. Cervantes was one of them, and to the end of his days he loathed Turks and all things Turkish. Kamil is a hero because he told me things like this.
GIRL ON THE TRAM
-Girl on the tram – Rush hour lost -January—–Crushed down in crowd of great big men in damp overcoats, she looked like she was wishing herself into the next world. I couldn’t draw her at the time, but I stared at her for the whole ride. She never blinked.