The time is approaching. Things I don’t like about waiting and making people wait.
The municipal bus is slowly coming out of İkiçeşmelik.. When the spotlight shops in front of the historical Agora were destroyed by expropriation, the area saw the light of day.. It is possible to see a large part of the Agora from the street.
Uncles in trousers and with a beard almost to the waist are chatting in front of their shops.. This is a completely different side of Izmir.. It’s scary how the city and people change so much in 10 minutes.. But what would it mean if every place was the same?
After getting off the bus in front of the teacher’s office, I walk towards Bayramyeri Square.. United Nations Street, known as Variant, coming from Konak, and Eşrefpaşa Street, coming from above, intersect at this point with İkiçeşmelik Slope and İnönü Street heading towards Üçyol.. With the underpass, transportation is somewhat comfortable.
While heading towards İnönü Street to pass some time, Dr.. I meet Cengiz Bey. We return to the meeting place with him.. it’s pretty cold. While Doctor Bey secures himself with his beret, I put the cap of my jacket on my head.
Dr.. We are coming in front of Selahattin Akçiçek Cultural Center.. We begin to wait for other guests. In the meantime, we start to photograph the environment with a few square photos.. The clock tower standing in front of us and the electricity pole right next to the tower express how sensitive we are about cities and their symbols.. Cables appear clear. Very aesthetic indeed!
Of course, we also have a writing culture belonging to our folk poets.. Wherever we find an empty space, we color it with two sprays.. Our clock tower has been sprayed with red writing!
The structures that prevent us from looking at İzmir while we try to watch İzmir from the shore of Bayramyeri bazaar are standing in place as they have been for years.
This place needs a serious urban renewal project.. The Metropolitan Municipality will be thinking like us that when it finds a new place in Bayramyeri Pazaryeri, it will create an archaeological park due to the historical past of this region.
We await our guests as the ferries come and go in the gulf.
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Soon Enise sister and Oğuz Ağabey are coming.. We start the conversation in front of the clock tower.
Dr.. In our later research, we learn that Selahattin Akçiçek had it built.
The fact that the cultural center built behind the clock tower was named after Akçiçek, after many years, carries a special meaning of pride.
While gliding down from the adjacent cultural center We reach the neighborhood known as Değirmendağı with the old saying.. The current name of the neighborhood is Güngör.
We start to examine the mosque by entering the courtyard of the 120-year-old Akarcalı Mosque.. The imam of the mosque comes to us and chats for a while.. There is also a funeral waiting to be removed in the courtyard.. Friday prayer is also approaching…
After taking a few photos and information at the mosque, we start walking in the back streets.
While chatting in the street and house where Cengiz Bey was born, the memories of the past come alive and the conversation deepens.
We glide down the sloping street. The four-way crossing was called 95 Coffeehouse.
Even the name of the bus stop is 95.. The crossroads, surrounded by shops with the name 95 on every corner, still reflect the past.. While Cengiz Bey is telling us the story of 95, we are pocketing a new piece of information.
In the past, phaetons had license plates.. The plate of the phaeton of the coffee shop, which is expressed as 95 coffee, is 95.. When he gave the name of the carriage, which he opened after carriage business, these places were expressed as 95 coffees.
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We come to the area called “English Garden”, which was a lush garden in the past years.. Apart from two trees, every place is filled with apartments.
Even though we do not know the reason why the garden is called the English Garden, we are trying to revive the past of the garden in our eyes.
After a few steps, we pass between the apartments and come to Zeki Müren Park.. The park, which has a very hilly structure gradually, is all alone, with the students escaping from school smoking.
One of the rare places that apartments cannot occupy, the park is open in front.. We look at the sea and Izmir and try to take pictures.
As we continue on our way without stopping, this time we come behind the Private Karataş Hospital, one of the symbols of Izmir.
The private hospital for the Jews of Izmir. Karataş Hospital also includes a nursing home for the poor, which the Jewish community refers to as the “home for the elderly.”
I think that the hospital, which has an important place in İzmir’s health history, should also protect this building.
After saying goodbye to Karataş Hospital, it glided down behind İzmir Girls’ High School as a monumental building for İzmir. We take a look at this historical high school mentioned above.
After taking a short look at the Karataş Hamam in front of Karataş High School, we go to the Elevator to end our route.
The elevator renewed by the Metropolitan Municipality We take a breather on Dario Moreno street before getting on.
After talking about the street’s connection with history, we take the elevator and go up.. We end the day with a snack at the Elevator Cafe and chat.
We say goodbye to nice meetings…