Hello
friends,
Today, June 21 we talked about the Eastern
tour, agreeing on logistics such as hotels, arrival dates of friends who want
to join the adventure and what we can hope to do in each city. The Eastern tour
will be a bit different from the Western one, because we cannot do the same
things, but we count on the possibility of connecting with people and transmitting
the special atmosphere which is the Message, radiating our experience. The tour
requires greater flexibility and softness, but it will surely be an inspiring
experience for everyone.
On July 5 we will go to Antep for 2 days. In
the city there probably will not be a bookstore with the books so we’ll see
what we will do there. On July 8 some of us will travel to Diyarbakir to
welcome Eliana and Christophe, who will be arriving on July 10 and 12. Another
part of the team will travel to Hatay, staying there for 2 days, to follow on
July 11th to Diyarbakir arriving on that same day. We will stay in Diyarbakir
until the 17th of July, day we will travel to Van. We have various
possibilities of meeting friends in Batman and Diyarbakir as well. In
Diyarbakir we have the book in a bookstore and we have a salita in Huseyin’s
house. We will all be in a cheap hotel, but with Wifi and air conditioning
there. For those who want to visit the temple of Gobleki Tepe, they can do it
in a day. We must take into account that July is very hot in Diyarbakir
with temperatures reaching 40°. We hope we have given an inspiring image with
this small information report for our friends who are arriving.
At noon we met with Hulya of the Alevi association where she is an
active member. We talked to the vice president about Tunceli and the
Alevi festival there. It seems that it is easy to obtain permission for a
stand. On arriving we must go to the council and express our wish to do
so and that's it. We also talked about a possible presentation of the
book in their association in October and connecting with Alevi groups in
different European countries. Hulya gave each of us a book on the Alevi
massacre in Sivia in 1993. We left one in the Ankara salita and another
one in Istanbul. Hulya told us she will be attending the Tunceli
festival so we will see each other there.
At 19h, Handan arrived and we
were very happy to see her, she just came back from Russia. She brought many
good sweets. A while later, Yüksel and Huseyin arrived and right after Zeinep
with two friends. Huseyin had met them on the streets and invited them to come.
Mustafa also came. So the kitchen was full of people and we moved to the
salita/living room to have chai and chaat. Soon Handan informed Zeinep’s two
friends about the salita, the texts on the wall and the Message and Huseyin
showed them the book. They were well at ease and Eduardo told them a little bit
about the tour and showed them the calendar. They wanted to staye to do a
ceremony but received a phone call and had to leave. They will come back tomorrow
at 19h for the ceremonies. Zeinep stayed and another friend of hers arrived who
stayed for the ceremonies. Huseyin explained a little bit how everything worked
and before starting Altug arrived. He was just back in Ankara from another part
of Turkey. Altug immediately included himself in the ceremony and Handan guided
the Service and Well Being. We asked for Yüksel’s mother, Zeinep’s mother,
Atila’s mother. Everything was very good and with a good atmosphere. Zeinep’s
friend was very happy and wants to come back tomorrow.
After that, Yüksel gave us a good
Turkish coffee and talked about the tour. Handan and Altug will come with us to
Antep and also to Hatay. Altug told us about the city of Erzurun and the small
bookstore which has the book. He told us it is actually more of a café which
also sells books.
Huseyin told us about his
experiences in China where he travelled for work.
It was a beautiful day with old
and new friends.
A big hug,
Judit, Huseyin, Yüksel, Handan, Mustafa, Nacho, Eduardo,
Altug and Peter
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