Health Innovations Edition

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(Sözcü Newspaper, 3 January 2018)


 Just another entrepreneurial start-up in a garage...

In Antalya, İbrahim Tetik (54) is a wheel-balancing expert.  Fifteen years
ago Tetik got back spasms because he was continually bending and lifting
heavy items.  When he went to the doctor, Tetik was told that he didn't
need an operation, but his discomfort continued. 

So Tetik turned to practitioners who use an "inversion tool" to relieve such
suffering.  With what he learned from these practitioners, Tetik made his
own device and after using it on himself with good results, he began to
help his fellow-shop owners and customers with their waist and back
problems. 

Now, at the shop where once he only balanced wheels, Tetik has his
"patients" lie on the device he invented, turns them upside down and
pulls their arms to jostle their waists.  After the 15-minute procedure,
those who came limping into the store walk out in fine style, sometimes
even running (!).  Tetik asks nothing in return for his services.


Hey, balance is balance...whether car or body.

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türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Sözcü Newspaper, 3 January 2018)


Game is always played at "same Bat-time, same Bat-channel"

In Batman, Ahmet Kaçmaz (75) is not letting his illness deter him
from playing cards.  Rather than lie in bed at home, Kaçmaz takes
his serum with him to the coffeehouse, where the manager, a former
health worker, attaches the serum hose to Kaçmaz's wrist. 



'Nezere' playing cards - unique to Batman, of course.

While playing the 'nezere' card game with his buddies, Kaçmaz
explained that "time doesn't pass when I'm at home so I bring the
serum with me to the coffeehouse.  Without even noticing, the
serum finishes.  So I can hold my cards and play my hand while
the serum drips.  When some of the fellows see this they smile."


Usually, Batman residents stay in bed while they're sick.

Man Saves Dog, For a Change

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(Milliyet Newspaper, 2 January 2018)


                          A boy and his dog.

In Bolu's Mudurnu district, Cem Şahin carried his dog 7 kilometers
through half-meter snow to a veterinarian when the animal fell ill
while on a trek with Şahin. 

Şahin, who works for a moving firm in Taşkesti town in Mudurnu,
went on a trek with his friends into a forested area but his dog
experienced a problem and could not walk further.  So Şahin put the
dog in his backpack and walked 7 kilometers to a veterinarian in
Taşkesti.

Escort Bites for Freedom

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(Sözcü Newspaper, 2 January 2018)


     M.U. has quite an appetite...

In Adana's Çukurova district, M.A. (26) made an agreement for 200 TL
(about $50) with M.U., whose code name is "Rüya Kumsal" (Sandy
Dream), via an internet escort service.  M.U. went to the address given
by M.A. with two female friends.

At the conclusion of their business (!), M.A. wanted the money back
from M.U. but she refused.  This prompted M.A. to attack M.U. but
the young woman bit M.A.'s sex organ, freeing herself.  As M.A.
writhed in pain, the women fled and contacted police, filing a complaint
against M.A.  After treatment at a hospital, M.A. was taken into custody
but released upon giving his statement. 


M.U. and M.A. (Hey, wait a second...)

Baseball Edition: Adana Sluggers & Their Bats

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(HaberTürk Newspaper, 25 December 2017)


Practices on rivals' heads to keep his average up.

Although there are no baseball clubs or even fields in Adana, there is
a great interest in baseball bats (!).  The bats, which sell for 5 TL (about
$1.25) and up, are generating great interest at sports equipment stores
in the city, particularly among youths inclined toward violence and
vehicle drivers.  Shop keepers in the Amerikan Market in Seyhan say
that drivers of all sorts of vehicles want the bats handy for traffic
arguments (!).


Celebrating after getting his driver's license.
  

"Black Sea Trump" Passes Away

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(Milliyet Newspaper, 1 January 2018)


Mayoral campaign slogan was "Make Köprübaşı Great Again!"

Abdullah Topçu (70) of Giresun, whose striking resemblance to U.S.
President Donald Trump gained him notoriety, has died of cancer.
Topçu had been under treatment in a private hospital in Trabzon
for a time and passed away yesterday morning.


        Topçu and wife Melanya (!) hanım.

Topçu will be buried today in Karakeş village of Giresun's Görele
district.  He served for 10 years as the mayor of Köprübaşı town
and will be remembered in this vicinity as the "Black Sea Trump".