Ilker and Ceyda Mangaltepe

This is a photo of my two friends Ilker and Ceyda Mangaltepe. I first met Ilker around August 2004, and Ceyda soon after. Since then they have shared their experiences of working and living in Sydney, introduced us to Turkish food and backgammon, shared 'their' (Ilker's) passion for soccer and generally been fantastic friends, spending many a late night discussing global politics and various other forms of political history. They returned home to Turkey in June 2006 to marry. Congratulations guys, hope that our paths cross again.

ps I still reflect on the night we all went to watch the documentary 'Gallipoli' in Paddington. There was something truly global about discussing such a formative period of our countryies' history from the times of our grandparents in a small cafe on Oxford Street.