poland 2007 checking the archives

travel to poland in june 2007 various frames from my 2 weeks of stay in this beautiful country

fairystanbul

June ..

Istanbul Street Scenery

June 8th Istiklal(Liberty) Street Istanbul 2012..

Holden Gorn

golden molden holden horn ...May 26th 2012 Istanbul

wandering around the same place for few moments..

Hıdırellez Festival May 5th 2012

Hıdırellez Festivali Ahırkapı,Istanbul 2012
enjoyed very much with friends drinking, dancing, singing

here are the few info from wikipedia regarding the festival:)
Hıdırellez or Hıdrellez (Turkish: Hıdrellez or Hıdırellez, Azerbaijani: Xıdır İlyas or Xıdır Nəbi, Crimean Tatar: Hıdırlez, Romani language: Ederlezi) is celebrated as the day on which Prophets Hızır (Al-Khidr) and Ilyas (Elijah) met on the earth.^[1] Hıdırellez starts on May 5 night and falls on May 6 in the Gregorian calendar and April 23 in the Julian calendar. It is celebrated in Turkey ^[2] and throughout the Turkic world. It celebrates the arrival of spring and is a religious holiday for the Alevi as well. Đurđevdan is the Christian variety of this spring festival throughout the Balkans, notably areas which had become under the control of the Ottoman Empire by the end of the 16th century.