Comments on: The Harem at Topkapi Palace, Istanbul

By: Marketman

Marketman — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:10:17 +0000

Hi Joy, we were in Istanbul in May, well before the television interview. Besides, I continue to show my backside because I don’t want my face so noticeable or ingrained in people’s memories ( I exist and am real, but I don’t want to be obvious)… I already run into folks in groceries and restaurants and markets and I would like to keep that recognition factor to a minimum, in the sense that this isn’t about me, but the food I eat… I think only 1,500 views of the television video were counted, and maybe 70% of those from abroad… so only a few hundred in Manila have seen it. :) But it will be showing on cable here in a few weeks…

By: Joy

Joy — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:18:31 +0000

Hi Marketman – why do you continue to photograph yourself from the back when your front has already appeared on region-wide TV? I mean, why persist with whole anonymous schtick when you’re no longer anonymous? Just curious – your readers might enjoy seeing your face now and again….

By: skyemermaid

skyemermaid — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:05:12 +0000

i am reading “domestic culture in the middle east” by jennifer scarce right now. a thin book that is supposed to be an exploration of the household interior of the affluent of Turkey, Iran, and Egypt, mostly during the Ottoman empire. Many of the photos you posted above are of the same rooms and objects as in the book, including a close up of the tile on your seventh picture.
hmmm. i need find a way to see it for real like you and family did, and not just through a book…. :)

By: estella

estella — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:25:29 +0000

THANK YOU FOR TAKING YOUR READERS ON YOUR JOURNEY….

By: nonymous

nonymous — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:41:15 +0000

Turkey has restored the place since I was there 13 years ago.
Bus loads of tourist get there everyday and the parking lot looks like bus depot!