Golightly
 
  
  Joined: 08 Feb 2005 Posts: 877 Location: in the bar, next to the raki
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				 Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 9:58 pm    Post subject: My old haunts in Izmir/Istanbul | 
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				Now that I've been ensconsed back in the UK for the past few years, and haven't had a chance to get back to Turkey for a while, I'm just wondering whether some of my old watering holes still exist and what state they're in.
 
In Izmir:
 
The Mavi Bar in ikinci kordon; Bar punta; bar otuz-uc; the Eko bar and Serena, all in Alsancak; and the Quartz bar in Bornova;
 
In Istanbul:
 
Evin, formerly the Cicek, in Bakirkoy; Vivache, Gitar, the Secret Garden, and the eski and yeni kemance in Taksim.
 
There are others I staggered into, but none come into focus in my raki-ravaged brain right at the moment. | 
			 
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