Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 November 1948 — Page 36

PAGE 36 A Hoosier in Istanbul—

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ment. Now, having seen it, I find that ft defies my poor powers of description. The beauty is, above all, the coloring. Water blue as indigo, steep green hills rising abruptly from the twisting ribbon of sapphire, the quaint terra towns which "climb the hills from the sea.

Bosporus—A Sight

Author, Fiancee Take Sightseeing Tour,

Sample Toothsome Fish, Turkish Beer

By LILLIAN TRUAX i Being an amateur at this travel business, the temptation to do | some sightseeing, a la tourist, was too great to resist. So, Tippy set about showing me some of the nearby places of interest. I= Its world-famous reputation and Tippy’'s glowing description of |= the Bosporus made this famous waterway first on my list. The |= Egilmez's summer home is also there, which was an added induce- |=

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Lillian Truax of Clermont is now in Turkey waiting for the red tape to clear so that she can marry her Indiana University sweetheart, Ismail Hakki Egilmez. As a prelude to taking up her new life in lsfanbul, Miss Truax goes on a sightseeing tour with her fiancee. This is another in her series of articles on the experiences of a Hoosier girl in the Turkish capital.

It's a painting] Miss Truax come to life. The summer house is located in a little resort town called Sariyer, almost within shouting distance of the Black Sea and our aggressive, - vodka-drinking neighbors. The Turks refer to these neighbors in unprintable terms, but, they, have apparently cataloged them along with death and taxes, and life goes along smoothly, without tension or outward fear. ” s ”n THE HOUSE, itself, is a very old, four-story, salmon - colored structure of 16 mammoth rooms, | numerous hallways and bathrooms, and two kitchens. On the second floor, facing the sea, there is a bay window which juts out over the street; and directly above, on the third floor, is an open balcony. The main parlor has a tiled floor, a huge crystal - chandelier and white marble steps that lead into the main hallway. All the rooms have 20-foot, ornately decorated ceilings, and the winding stairway goes up, up, up. A terrace leads off the dining room, into a small formally planted garden at the rear of the house, where even in November the flowers are a riot of color. At the end of the garden, smack against the steep cliffs, is a small servants house, tile-roofed and balconied. . . . quaint enough itself for a summer place. , The house is closed now, of . gourse, and Tippy and I rattled

my family (when and if) in its spacious rooms. Due to the unseasonably warm weather this year, many of the urants and “gazinos” are open at Sariyer. It was in one of the latter that I was introduced simultaneously to balik, Turkish beer and rakki. » » - . BALIK IS the name of a fish, the most delicious I have ever eaten, In the fall these silvercolored fish run in schools from the cold waters of the Black Sea, through the Bosporus toward the warmer Mediterranean. At

around in it like-two beans in a Shops are displayed many fa-|S bucket. But I fell in love with it/millar American trademarks.|S fmmediately and vowed to rear COty make-up, Norge kitchen =

sharp toothed, hard fighters with | only a line. | Fifty or sixty of these boats,| each with {ts bright lantern, dotting the midnight blue of the Bosporus = the fish leaping in the sparkling [= light of a full moon produces a '= scene I shall never forget. Balik is broiled over glowing = charcoal and served whole. S Sometimes (but not for me) it's is swimming in olive oil. The = season of the balik is a gay one for the Turks. Once having fished for them and eaten them, it is easy to understand why. Turkish beer is excellent, and a~= favorite of tourists. About twice I= as potent as American beer, it'= is considered the proper “mild” | drink for the ladies. '

~ » ~ | A TASTE of the Turkish national drink, rakki, is convincing = evidence that it certainly should = not be recommended for the = “weaker sex.” It's about one hundred twenty proof, is’ clear as '= spring water, and has a faint = taste resembling licorice. In the != mouth it is as smooth as sirup. = But, brother, when it goes down, | swallowing molten metal has|= throat. I saw technicolor stars for £ 10 minutes. Turks sometimes!'= weaken it with water (which = makes it milky) but most of them = drink it straight with astounding = impunity, = In the windows of Istanbul|=

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