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I worked at different jobs after school... and at the age of 16, I worked at a business that I loved. What we call “Garçon de bureau” [office boy] today. I worked with a distributor, manufacturer’s rep.
I would go to banks, to the cambio and exchange departments all the time. These were in a building in Eminonu. I used to go to Karakoy every day. They would give me fare money for the tram to go there, but I would either hang on to the back of the tram or run, to be able to save that money.
Tram tickets then were 3 pennies for one way, and 3 pennies for the return, it would add up to 20 pennies a week. This was big money in my childhood. I used to go to soccer games with this money, mostly in Taksim Station.
Galatasaray [one of the three major soccer teams in Turkey] was a club I supported, but I always loved soccer above and beyond a team. When they are the champions, I feel great joy of course. I still follow all the games outside the country today. Today, three quarters of my life is spent watcing political speeches or sports news on television.
I would go to banks, to the cambio and exchange departments all the time. These were in a building in Eminonu. I used to go to Karakoy every day. They would give me fare money for the tram to go there, but I would either hang on to the back of the tram or run, to be able to save that money.
Tram tickets then were 3 pennies for one way, and 3 pennies for the return, it would add up to 20 pennies a week. This was big money in my childhood. I used to go to soccer games with this money, mostly in Taksim Station.
Galatasaray [one of the three major soccer teams in Turkey] was a club I supported, but I always loved soccer above and beyond a team. When they are the champions, I feel great joy of course. I still follow all the games outside the country today. Today, three quarters of my life is spent watcing political speeches or sports news on television.
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Location
Beyoğlu/İstanbul
Türkiye
Interview
Nesim Levi