no one's ever going to trust my simit barganing skills going forward .......

i'm going to stick to Warburtons from now on.......!

Jess

Welcome to the 'hood!! Etiler! Home of the enlightened...and only minutes from Jonnys secret fridge (yes - I have seen the contents...simply amazing!)

So are you a tikki then?

See you for a cheeky beer sometime!

FBT

I'm an Etiler newbie too. Still struggling with Istanbul's double-digit beer prices, but I agree with previous posters, affordable fun is just a bus ride away (or a walk, but I really would recommend a bus or cab back from the Bos - Küçükbebek street's a killer!)...

laydee h

also welcome to EiT and Eti! glad to have more nutters on board - I guess you are nuts if you walked up the hill from Bebek??!!
anyway good to see the numbers swelling in Eti...we have the makings of an Etiler Massive or whatever you call it these days...do we all need to buy hoodies??

respect...FBT

Holla! Big up to the Etiler massive. Word to your mother.

&c.

Hoodies are so Croydon c. 2007, I'm getting me some grillz

lets not forget that the Cryodon-Wimbledon tram link is known in Wimbledon as the "Croydon-slut-truck" most notably 'cos of it's early Friday evening delivery to Croydon....!

Haha, Fatboytim, I'm definitely not a tikki! I sure as hell wish I had someone to give me a credit card and let me go! I live with the person I work for, I'm like a housekeeper/personal assistant. That is the only way I can afford to live in Etiler! I am a poor university student!

Where do they charge double digits for beer?

North Shields Etiler of course. 11YTL for a beer.

Only time I got charged that much back in Ankara was on an ill-advised after-midnight sojourn to Black & White. Never again.

Am I taking this off topic?

How about this then: Any of the existing EiT/Eti Massive manage to wrangle yourselves a discount at Hillside? No intention of joining while the weather is so good for running (and still skint post-move anyway) but may do come the summer...

Whatcha doin frday - expat in turkey have partee? up for it?

laydee h

pretty sure hillside offered 20% discount on quoted rates - actually the discount increased the more years membership you paid for...seem to recall that 2 years membership was realistic...who wants to sign up for 5 or 10?

btw - i used to drink at siyah v beyaz in ankara...we talking same place? second floor apartment close to roundabout on ataturk bulv/kugulu park?

I remember it being down some stairs, not up them, but yeah, sounds like the same place. Many, many B&W photos on the walls... Most times I went there with some people who knew some people (or something -- I was drunk) so didn't pay. Then I discovered the wicked truth! I don't even want to KNOW what a GnT was. I mean, inflated prices are fair play at Wok with the view n' all, but in a basement? Listening to the same ol' Ankara bands?

(yup, I'm a cheap git -- tho in my defence I was unemployed at the time, which is prolly why prices made such a lasting impression)

same place - full of artists, journos etc as I recall...not sure why i thought it was on second floor (probably pissed)...i recall them playing kalinka or some other such rusksi/opera song every time I went (probably at midnight or closing time...)