Mosaic in Gaziantep Museum
--Photo by Sandy Pfunder
More photos from Eastern Turkey
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We have just learned that Joyce
Gurian Zarkin (T-15) passed away on Oct. 12, 2008.
 Several
of our members joined Anatolian Artisans for a cultural trip to
Eastern Turkey in May. For a sampling of some of the
places they visited, check out
Sandy Pfunder's 2008 photos of eastern Turkey. You'll
also find links to his photo albums online.
Finn,
Robert (T-15)
Just published Finn's translation of
Orpheus by Nazli Eray.
"Robert Finn's
translation of Turkish author Nazli Eray's Orphée
makes available to the English-language reader a
rewriting of the myth from the perspective of Eurydice, the wife
of Orpheus. Eray's surrealistic version takes place in a hot
resort town in contemporary Turkey. The setting of an
archaeological dig gives a connection to the past and literally
to the underworld. Found in the dig is a statue of the Roman
emperor Hadrian, who proceeds to offer an unusual perspective on
modern life and values through mysterious letters carried by a
messenger pigeon. Eray also comments on modernity, as the city
of Ankara emerges as a character in the novel's fantasy. Set in
junta-ruled Turkey of the 1980s, the novel takes its place as a
crucial slice of Turkish literary history."
More on the book and details for purchasing
it.
Dora Glidewell Nadolski (T-1) is
publishing a new book:
The Etatist Turkish Republic and Its Political and
Socio-Economic Performance from 1980-1999: A Developing State
Impacted by International Organizations and Interdependence.
More information and prepublication order
information.
Robinson Sawmill History,
a memoir from Harlan Green (T-5) of his Peace Corps training in
Vermont including some photos.
Cumhuriyet Bayram Dinner
Reports - 2007
Events were held in
Wisconsin, New England, Florida, New York City, Washington, DC,
Seattle, North Carolina, and Ohio. We haven't
received reports or photos from all, but reports are starting to
come in.. People had a good
time, made new friends, and remembered old feelings (warmth,
satisfied tummies, stirrings of adventure ... ). If you missed
one this year, try to attend one next year. And if there
wasn't one in your area, consider organizing one next year.
Messages of regional interest
Photos from Sandy
Pfunder's 2007 trip to Turkey. See new photos from
Istanbul, Cappadocia, and Konya.
Sandy Anderson's memoir of that fateful day during Peace
Corps training in Austin, Texas, when gunman Charles Whitman
began shooting randomly.
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Peace Corps
Library now available online. It boasts the
largest collection of Peace
Corps related reference material in the world.
New Buralarda Editors
Marcia Gnuse, who served as Buralarda's editor for more than ten years,
has decided to move on to other
things. Marcia collected and published
information through the years before we were really connected by
computers and when publishing a newsletter was a tedious process
of cutting and pasting--literally.
You did a great job, Marcia! Thanks, for all the
hard work, great newsletters, and your very important part in
keeping us in touch.
Stepping up to take over in Marcia's place are our new
editors:
Steve Poppick
(T-10) and
Peggy Hanson (T-1).
Both Steve and Peggy are accepting material for Buralarda
so if you have anything new to report, reports of Bayram dinners,
or other news of interest to our membership, please be sure to
send it to them. Photos are also gratefully accepted to
accompany your stories or news items. |
Memories
of Turkey:
This note from Sandy Pfunder is a more recent event but
relates back to our service in Turkey:
This past Tuesday night, our Turkish
language class had its last "ders" of the "winter semester".
As is traditional, we meet at a Turkish restaurant for the
last class, and this time we gathered at Atilla's
Restaurant in Arlington, Virginia. A young woman who was
waiting on our table told us that she was college student in
Northern Virginia and was originally from Edirne. We
mentioned that a couple of us (Linda Scheffer and I) had
been Peace Corps volunteers in Turkey. The next words out of
her mouth were: "Do you know Bob and Sylva Staab?" Of
course, we said that we did. "My grandfather married them,"
she said, referring (we judged) to the famous village
wedding that occurred some 43 years ago in a village near
Edirne.
----Sandy Pfunder (T9)
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memories) |
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