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//Ed. note: TNT visited Üsküdar a couple
of days ago. Lovely view, especially minus
sunflower seeds, but not a tree in sight – a
burning concrete shoreline desert. How
about diverting some fine money to tree-
planting maybe.//
türkçe links to original Turkish article
baseball & sunflower seeds click here for the
story of U.S. baseball banning sunflower seed
spitting.
Just like the bench in a baseball dugout.
The habit of sitting on benches along the shore, chewing sunflower
seeds and spitting the shells on the ground has been banned by the
Üsküdar municipality in Istanbul. Mayor Hilmi Türkmen explained
that “this is a difficult but necessary decision for us. From now on
chewing sunflower seeds from Harem to Küçüksu along the Üsküdar
coast is prohibited.”
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