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In 1965, when my situation had improved, my daughters were attending Jewish Highschool, in the First Co-educational Elementary school. Sara was in 5th grade, Viki in second.
Sara finished school that year and entered Saint Pulcherie Middle School [French Catholic school]. We transferred Viki to 19 Mayis [May 19] Elementary School. It was 50 – 100 feet away from our house.
We moved to Sisli in 1965. The official rest day was Sunday, but later when banks started closing on Saturdays too, we were taking two days off. We used to go to work on Saturdays before... we stopped that later. We improved the business a little and moved to a 3 bedroom, one livingroom house with a bathroom and balcony, full of light, in a good location in Sisli.
It was in a location close to everything. And slowly our social life took off. I used to go to soccer games on my own. One time, I took my wife too but she did not like the game, and she did not come with me again. Their luck was in having formed good friendships from a very early age.
There were two movie theaters then, Site and Kent. We used to go there all together. We had season tickets. We used to go to exhibitions too. In addition, pop music had started then. There was Ajda Pekkan [one of the pioneer pop stars of Turkey]. We used to go and listen to her.
Sara finished school that year and entered Saint Pulcherie Middle School [French Catholic school]. We transferred Viki to 19 Mayis [May 19] Elementary School. It was 50 – 100 feet away from our house.
We moved to Sisli in 1965. The official rest day was Sunday, but later when banks started closing on Saturdays too, we were taking two days off. We used to go to work on Saturdays before... we stopped that later. We improved the business a little and moved to a 3 bedroom, one livingroom house with a bathroom and balcony, full of light, in a good location in Sisli.
It was in a location close to everything. And slowly our social life took off. I used to go to soccer games on my own. One time, I took my wife too but she did not like the game, and she did not come with me again. Their luck was in having formed good friendships from a very early age.
There were two movie theaters then, Site and Kent. We used to go there all together. We had season tickets. We used to go to exhibitions too. In addition, pop music had started then. There was Ajda Pekkan [one of the pioneer pop stars of Turkey]. We used to go and listen to her.
Period
Year
1965
Location
Şişli/İstanbul
Türkiye
Interview
Nesim Levi