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The strange part of being in a foreign country is that; you hear lots of stories about your own culture no matter how far you go. United States of America is a far far away country from Turkey, still every one people out of ten has a story to tell about Turkey. Yesterday, we went to a musical- bale kind of version of Carmen. There, sit an old man next to us with lots of old women. Probably one of them was his wife. For a while we watched our show and when act 1 finished he turned to us and asked where we are from. We said turkey, it is a regular question for us and our answer has a no attraction when it comes out from our mouths. Everyday we tell some people that we are from Turkey; Teachers, cleaners, students, cashiers, etc. When the old man heard we came from Turkey, he gave a reaction that I am sure it is much more enthusiastic than our answer. His eyes became larger and when he opened his mouth I was sure he has a story. He came to Iskenderun as a soldier in 1950’s. His luck was that a general in their ship so from USA to Turkey they ate best food, they stayed cleanest cabins. First he stepped on to Istanbul; I could see how he liked this city from his facial expressions. Then they passed to Iskenderun. He told us how fast the flow between Marmara and Black sea does. It is so dangerous that there is a warning about it; if you fall from the boat in this area, do not try to swim against the flow to reach the boat, you can’t! Just try to swim with the flow, the boot...

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I. General view to The Turkish theater. II. Musicals in Turkey III. Today’s...