This photo from Dick Janzig (T-15). "I like this one because of the back story.  I was wandering around in Ulus with my camera and saw this interesting wall with the earthquake resistant brick fill.  Before I could take its picture I was surrounded by children who wanted to have their picture taken.  I lined them up in the middle of the street so that they would not cover the wall and took the picture.  There was a flaw in the image (I had to cut off the right side) leaving me with a wonderful picture of the children and very little of the wall.  Ulus, October 8, 1967."

Call for photos for Arkadaslar Turkey book.  Before we start the selection process we would like to have many more images submitted by Turkey Volunteers. Remember, the criteria is that the images should have a compelling image (be a good photograph), tell a story, show aspects of Turkish life, convey how we fit in the country and the jobs that we did, and give a sense of the time and place (the 60s and Turkey).  If you have images to contribute, please contact Sandy Anderson at TurkeyDost@aol.com and she'll give you more information.

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Frank Creel (T-2), passed away May 18 2010.  
Bob McCord (T-8) passed away April 28, 2010.

Articles of interest:
"Bold, Peristent Experimentation" - article by Robert C. Terry, Jr., from Worldview Magazine, Fall 2008 on the roots of the Peace Corps.
"How the Peace Corps Got Its Name" by Peter Grothe, a former Humphry staffer,  from Worldview Magazine, Fall 2008
 
Jack Boatright (Turkey 9) has joined Peace Corps again!  He and his wife, Ina, became Peace Corps volunteers in Morocco in Sept. 2009.  They are both working in Small Enterprise Development.

Interested in seeing where some of Arkadaşlar's money is donated and the good it is doing?  Read Yıldız Yağcı's recent article in WorldView magazine about the impact her organization, Anatolian Artisans, is having on some Turkish women.  Used by permission of the author and WorldView Magazine/National Peace Corps Association.

W. Joseph Isaacs (T-10) has passed away.  Obituary.

Group Reunions:  From time to time various of the RPCV groups have their own reunions.  Just recently, Turkey 2s had a reunion and a couple of years ago the Turkey 15s got together.  Those photos and reports are under the group pages (under Contacts), at least for the moment.

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