What is your level in 3c?

By the way, I wanted to mention, I was in Greece last summer! Took a ferry to few islands starting from Kos, Pathos(?) and Mykonos. Very crowded, but I love Mykonos :thumbup:. And then I wanted to go back to Turkey by ferry again. But when I thought about the 2 day ferry trip (and I hate trying to sleep on a small piece of chair, although the ferries are so nice and beautiful inside) So I decided to go to Athens instead (and fly back with a plane) with a fast ferry LOL :D I am very glad I did, because I got to see Athens as well! I stayed in a hotel in Ionnanis(?) Square. Staying there was a life-altering experience for me. Because honestly, I have never seen such an enormous amount of drug addicts in one small area...I couldnt believe my eyes!!!! I have never seen something like that even in Amsterdam, L.A or anywhere I have been to. But this happens I think in every big city of the world. Overall, I love Greece and of course the Greek people! :) I really wish Turkey was able to become same like Greece one day. Unfortunately, more and more people are choosing to live a very religious life style here, and it is becoming more like the middle eastern countries.
Greetings to you as well!
 
ipitythefool said:
By the way, I wanted to mention, I was in Greece last summer! Took a ferry to few islands starting from Kos, Pathos(?) and Mykonos. Very crowded, but I love Mykonos :thumbup:. And then I wanted to go back to Turkey by ferry again. But when I thought about the 2 day ferry trip (and I hate trying to sleep on a small piece of chair, although the ferries are so nice and beautiful inside) So I decided to go to Athens instead (and fly back with a plane) with a fast ferry LOL :D I am very glad I did, because I got to see Athens as well! I stayed in a hotel in Ionnanis(?) Square. Staying there was a life-altering experience for me. Because honestly, I have never seen such an enormous amount of drug addicts in one small area...I couldnt believe my eyes!!!! I have never seen something like that even in Amsterdam, L.A or anywhere I have been to. But this happens I think in every big city of the world. Overall, I love Greece and of course the Greek people! :) I really wish Turkey was able to become same like Greece one day. Unfortunately, more and more people are choosing to live a very religious life style here, and it is becoming more like the middle eastern countries.
Greetings to you as well!
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Merhaba! At the risk of taking this off topic, do you think Turkiye is getting more religious in the western cities like Izmir and Istanbul, or is it focused in the countryside? I've seen some of this happening in the US as well, but I think it is just a phase and will pass. Nerede oturur musun? Ankara'da? Hangi bilardo salonu? Orada onaymak istiyorum. Uzgunum sadece bir az Turkçe bilirim. tatbikati seviyorum :)
 
OneArmed said:
Merhaba! At the risk of taking this off topic, do you think Turkiye is getting more religious in the western cities like Izmir and Istanbul, or is it focused in the countryside? I've seen some of this happening in the US as well, but I think it is just a phase and will pass. Nerede oturur musun? Ankara'da? Hangi bilardo salonu? Orada onaymak istiyorum. Uzgunum sadece bir az Turkçe bilirim. tatbikati seviyorum :)
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:)
Merhaba! I apologize to the OP for taking this thread off the topic as well.

Well, Turkey's becoming more and more religion-oriented like the crazy mid-east countries (and steering away from Europe) can not be compared to any phase that the US would go through. There can be absolutely no comparisons be made between The Land of free speech, and Turkey. With the exception of Izmir, it is happening everywhere. For instance, more and more women are getting covered in turbans. They are doing this in hundreds of thousands, by wearing exactly the same, using such "covering" to give a political symbol to "normal people" like us. Historically, religion vs. a secular system (that the modern Turks seek) has been the biggest problem of Turkey. Ataturk changed everything in this country in 1920's. He changed the arabic alphabet to latin alph. Banned turban (which simply makes the women look 2nd class) and brought women's rights, brought democratic and a secular system. And today, 50% of people want to be like an Iran! It is the people's choice, they chose a religion oriented prime minister and right wing party. However, there are lots of theories about Turkey's becoming more and more islamic, including theories that US wants it that way. I kind of believe in one such theory.
Sorry if I wrote too long lol, I guess every country has its own problems.

I am kind of surprised by the fact that you speak Turkish, but kind of a "broken" one :grin: May I ask how come? I think you are either half Turkish, or perhaps of Armenian descent? Or simply learned some of the language while taking a trip here? Ben Ankara'da ve Mersin'de (yaz aylarında) oturuyorum. Ankara'da Diamond Bilardo Salonunda oynuyorum. Siz nerede oynuyorsunuz? Eğer Türkiye'ye gelirseniz, ıstakanızı (your cue) getirmeyi unutmayın ve beraber oynayabiliriz! (do not forget to bring your cue if you will ever visit Turkey, so we can hit few racks :)
 
ipitythefool said:
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Merhaba! I apologize to the OP for taking this thread off the topic as well.

Well, Turkey's becoming more and more religion-oriented like the crazy mid-east countries (and steering away from Europe) can not be compared to any phase that the US would go through. There can be absolutely no comparisons be made between The Land of free speech, and Turkey. With the exception of Izmir, it is happening everywhere. For instance, more and more women are getting covered in turbans. They are doing this in hundreds of thousands, by wearing exactly the same, using such "covering" to give a political symbol to "normal people" like us. Historically, religion vs. a secular system (that the modern Turks seek) has been the biggest problem of Turkey. Ataturk changed everything in this country in 1920's. He changed the arabic alphabet to latin alph. Banned turban (which simply makes the women look 2nd class) and brought women's rights, brought democratic and a secular system. And today, 50% of people want to be like an Iran! It is the people's choice, they chose a religion oriented prime minister and right wing party. However, there are lots of theories about Turkey's becoming more and more islamic, including theories that US wants it that way. I kind of believe in one such theory.
Sorry if I wrote too long lol, I guess every country has its own problems.

I am kind of surprised by the fact that you speak Turkish, but kind of a "broken" one :grin: May I ask how come? I think you are either half Turkish, or perhaps of Armenian descent? Or simply learned some of the language while taking a trip here? Ben Ankara'da ve Mersin'de (yaz aylarında) oturuyorum. Ankara'da Diamond Bilardo Salonunda oynuyorum. Siz nerede oynuyorsunuz? Eğer Türkiye'ye gelirseniz, ıstakanızı (your cue) getirmeyi unutmayın ve beraber oynayabiliriz! (do not forget to bring your cue if you will ever visit Turkey, so we can hit few racks :)
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most definitely, i will let you know when i am there, I think I am coming within a year if possible. I'm assuming you mean the AKP is the religious right party? they are still in power? if so, that is sad. We have a similar thing going on with the religious right in this country too, but it is much different. AKP go against Ataturk's policies a lot. I highly doubt US wants it to go the islamic way, but Turkiye definitely does have issues with foreign relations, mostly to do with being too defensive about the Armenian thing. I've never understood why it is "anti-Turkish" to talk about history that happened well before either of us were born!

gibi mağara adami konusurum ;)

Babam Sinop'de ve Samsun'da oturdu. O geri ABD'ye 1970 gitti. O havaci askeri. Ben Minnesota, ABD'de otururum. ama uç bant ve Turkiye seviyorum (burda tipik degil)! Diamond Bilardo Salonun website var mi? Kaç bilardo masasi?

I can brutally speak a little russian, finnish, and spanish too, but way worse than my turkish ;)
 
OneArmed said:
most definitely, i will let you know when i am there, I think I am coming within a year if possible. I'm assuming you mean the AKP is the religious right party? they are still in power? if so, that is sad. We have a similar thing going on with the religious right in this country too, but it is much different. AKP go against Ataturk's policies a lot. I highly doubt US wants it to go the islamic way, but Turkiye definitely does have issues with foreign relations, mostly to do with being too defensive about the Armenian thing. I've never understood why it is "anti-Turkish" to talk about history that happened well before either of us were born!

gibi mağara adami konusurum ;)


Babam Sinop'de ve Samsun'da oturdu. O geri ABD'ye 1970 gitti. O havaci askeri. Ben Minnesota, ABD'de otururum. ama uç bant ve Turkiye seviyorum (burda tipik degil)! Diamond Bilardo Salonun website var mi? Kaç bilardo masasi?

I can brutally speak a little russian, finnish, and spanish too, but way worse than my turkish ;)
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Hahahaha! Mağara adamı gibi konuşurum, that is funny LOL

Well I assume you came to Turkey back in childhood with your parents who are/were in military?

As for AKP, yeah, totally going against Ataturk's policies, trying to change the constitution these days. Extremely sad. As for foreign policy and Armenian issue, you know, it is mostly the Armenians who live in US make all the crap. Armenians in Armenia have no issues with Turks. Prob'ly 70K Armenians live in Istanbul since 1900's. Turkey is basically saying re this issue: "Let's have Armenians and Turkish historians discuss this and bring out the facts. Not politicians. Since this is a histoical matter"
Armenians do NOT agree to this! They can not bring the matter to European Human Rights Court, becauseT, they do not want to discuss and argue WITH facts! Turkish part is NOT saying that, NO Armenians died. They lived for centuries along with Turks (and along with Greeks, Circassians and so many other) just peacefully. Some of the richest businessmen in Istanbul even today are Armenians, btw. They simply caused an outbreak in the locations where they lived, thanks to Russians. Turkish armies were fighting against Aussies and New Zealenders (ya, Brits brought in their colony soldiers all the way from aussieland) French and Greeks. Turks were just defending their land! With the Armenian outbreak, Turks simply sent forces on them to stop the outbreak from "within inside". Against what Armenians believe, there were NO systematic killing of them (and therefore genocide) as they describe. Now lets compare to this issue to what happened to Japanese when US was fighting against the Japan Empire. US imprisoned all Jap families in camps. Now, what if Japs started from fighting against US as well, right behind American's back? What would happen? Do you think Americans would just watch Japs hit them from back? No, they would counter attack against Japs. That is the whole issue, my friend. Sorry, I am a little carried away on this :)


Diamond Billiard has a website, it is www.diamondbilardo.com Although there is not much activity in there other than few pics. They have 5 Gabriels, and pool tables at the their first floor. Lots of good players here. Last year's world 3c champ play(ed) for two decades at Diamond. Lol I used to ditch school and go watch them play like 15 years back. And when I came back two years ago, few of the players were ranked in world 3c rankings, and Yaman became world trick shot champion. Now he opened his own billiard hall. I am like a spit in a pool compared to all these players lol. And there are much better (and internationally well-known) players in Istanbul. Nonetheless, 3C world is very tight, due to the fact that the game is unfortunately very little recognized among other sports, and prize money is so little, even compared to other games such as Snooker and (perhaps) pool.

Anyhow, if you are to come to Ankara, pls let me know, would be glad to meet up with you and go to Diamond to play. Here is an entirely different world :)
 
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