Istanbul Airport

Our transit airport was Istanbul and it was just luck that we landed there on 23rd April as it happened to be the National sovereignty and children's day for Turkey.

There was a small group moving around the airport singing and waving the national flag.

I liked the way they were singing with full gusto.

The song was catchy and it took me some time to identify the song. It was Ismir marsi or Marsi Ismir, a song from the Turkish National movement group to create the country of Turkey. It didn't take long for the spectators to join in. Some of them were in uniform and were capturing small snippets on their mobile while waving the flag.

The special stalls put up for children's day did attract some children but most of them wanted to pose with the guy on stilts.

The juice poured out from this fancy jug did taste good and his style of pouring was unique (see video) Also his attire reminded me of the Arabian night stories I read during my school days.

The next time I visit this airport, I must make it a point to visit this museum.

The mannequin in the stalls were the silent spectators to all that was going on around them.

While being there, I overheard some of them speaking Turkish and found that some of the words they spoke did sound like Hindi.  And then I saw this written on a waste bin. In Hindi the word for paper is kagaz.