by the way, Istanbul loses a nice festival: Hıdrellez Ahırkapı Şenlikleri… An Istanbul news roundup…

This Istanbul photo by Vasfiye Karoğlu, a former student of mine. She is getting better and better in her photography… and no more Hıdrellez Festival. It has been a gem of Istanbul for 11 years. This year organizers declared that there will be no more festivals in Ahırkapı, Istanbul… In Transit: A Romani Festival on … Read more

The other Hidrellez in a few hours…

The other Hidrellez starts in Sarıyer in a few hours… Official site here.

The Other Hidrellez

Türkiye'nin dört bir yanından Hıdralez coskusu
It was Hıdrellez. It was joyful. More photos at Hürriyet.

Hıdrellez celebrated in Turkey with fire and music

from Hurriyet Dailynews
More than 150,000 people celebrated the arrival of spring and the awakening of nature by Istanbul’s seaside at the Ahırkapı Hıdrellez Traditional Spring Festival.

Türkiye'nin dört bir yanından Hıdralez coskusu

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TRADITIONAL SPRING FESTIVAL ON MAY 5th, TUESDAY EVENING!

Check out the program and history of Hıdrellez at the official page in English…