5th. Istanbul tulip festival

Yes i`m not there but i`d like to be for a while just to enjoy this splendid festival;)
I`m posting an old photo of mine here;)

As far as i read from internet , this year 9.300.000 tulips of 82 different types have been planted.
This costed around 750.000 euro.
Since the year 2004 when this festival started 45.475.000 tulips have been planted.

for more infos click here:

http://www.ibb.gov.tr/en-US/Pages/Haber.aspx?NewsID=348

http://istanbulstreets.wordpress.com/2010/04/08/5th-tulip-festival-istanbul-emirgan/

http://www.ftnnews.com/content/view/9049/33/

4th tulip festival in Istanbul

© Eni Turkeshi Photography

One of the things i miss more of Istanbul is also the lovely tulip festival organised each april in Istanbul.
This year was the 4th time but i wasn`t present :(
Actually the photo of this post is shot last year .

The tulip festival is getting each year bigger and more magnificient with more tulips everywhere the city (the number of tulips raised to 16 million this year !! ) and different activities , such as `tulip photography contest and exhibition ` , organized by the municipality.

The main place of this festival is the beautiful Emirgan Park (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emirgan_Park).

for more cool photos and infos you might visit this page :
http://istanbulstreets.wordpress.com/category/tulip-festival/

also you might check from here my old posts regarding last festivals:

http://albtranslator.blogspot.com/2008/04/serish-me-tulipanet-ne-stamboll.html
http://albtranslator.blogspot.com/2007/04/back-again-with-tulips.html
http://albtranslator.blogspot.com/2007/03/istanbul-city-of-3-million-tulips.html

Rhythm in Galata Tower

Last week I had a great time at Galata Tower's Celebrations.Each year different activities are held under this wonderful old building, which used to be the highest building of the old Istanbul.One month ago , fashion festival of different stylists (well known or no-name ones) took place.But this one was really a different one.It was not just a concert place , different stands with antique and authentique goodies were present as well.You could perceive their nostalgic aura much better under Galata Tower.
The festival last 3 days and different programs and musician groups participated (French musicians from Burgogne-Morvan Zone , Indian music accompanied with sahaya yoga , Classical Music , Turkish Folk Music etc).
Also exhibitions with photographs from Galata, mosaic workshops were present.(that was the best part of course:) Also books promotions and diffferent dance groups made this festival even more vivacious.
We even had a tour at Galata and the surrounding places.This zone is very popular now , maybe because all of the artists have their workshops or working places here .It's so different from 10 years before and because of the popularity that has been growing day by day the real estate prices are so unbelieveably high!!
On Sunday , the last day of the festival , we had some great moments under the cool music of the Rhythm Workshop Of Okay Temiz.You could see everybody dancing or shaking their body (including me:))
For more infos on this cool workshop drop a look here: www.ritimatolyesi.com