Old Canakkale Houses, Turkey

 I spent much of my
childhood summers here, on those days city doesn't offer much
to attrack the outside visitors, it was small town with 20,000 habitants,
and stayed the same as long as I remember. There was only four place
made up the whole town, Iskele, (dock), was the Canakkale's connection
to outside world, where the ships docked once a week, carried passangers
and cargo between Istanbul and here, then the famous Kordon boyu,
(board walk ), where everyone in the town went out for a strolling after
a late dinner, a real meeting place for the town folks. The Ataturk
meydani (Ataturk Square ) was saved for the ceramonies,
finally Carsi caddesi (Main Street) there all it was. The Main street covered
with parqeu stones, the automobil was rarity in those days, most of the folks
used bikes to get around or just walk. Streets either were covered with
parque stones or were just dirt roads. Two, or three story wood
and stone houses line up the streets. Nowadays there is not much left from those
old houses, just a few... things of the past...