Comments on: Slow-paced Selcuk

by: hollywoodheidi

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:44:09 +0000

Hi! I just found this forum and it looks really cool.

Now, I gotta run off and read some posts.

by: schemingturkey

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 19:33:52 +0000

hey everyone,

i just joined and wanted to say hi.

by: Kevin

Tue, 03 Oct 2006 10:18:51 +0000

Thanks for the frequent comments Tomo, you rock! Actually, I found out what the drums is about. Volunteers walk the streets banging drums before dawn to wake up the faithful so they can have a small breakfast before the fasting begins. It doesn’t happen everywhere anymore, because some people think it is a little controversial - wakes up children, the elderly, and the ill, who need their sleep. It only happened in Selcuk, when they walked right in front of our window!

by: tomo

Fri, 29 Sep 2006 15:59:15 +0000

hi again. so i guess i’m turning into the BTB comment zealot/ stalker… ah the joys of working from home.

i just wanted to comment after i had a few minutes to confirm what i thought after i read the last little bit of your post here… possibly the reason for a lot of revelry in the middle of the night is because that is the only time that observant muslims can do much of anything.

from wikipedia: “Eating, drinking, sexual intercourse and smoking are not allowed between dawn (fajr), and sunset (maghrib).” i guess they gotta get it while they can.

hope all goes well. xo, tomo.