Showing results by narrator "Mira Demirkan"

Starting with my childhood, and throughout my entire life, Istanbul provided me with a rich and broad understanding of storytelling.... I witnessed skyscrapers being raised to the skies around the glorious historical areas, yet ironically I also watched those skyscrapers being surrounded by jerry-built tenements. I sadly watched the spectacular fabric of this city getting more and more polluted over time, including its green hills.

Starting with my childhood, and throughout my entire life, Istanbul provided me with a rich and broad understanding of storytelling. I witnessed skyscrapers being raised to the skies around the glorious historical areas, yet ironically, I also watched those skyscrapers being surrounded by jerry-built tenements. This moving audiobook contains over 100 stories about Istanbul and the people who populate it.

To tell you the truth, no matter what part of this Earth we live in and no matter how different our languages, cultures, economic situations, or even our beliefs, we all share the same human emotions and thoughts. Anger, aggression, resentment, hatred, vengeance, hypocrisy, prejudice, and intolerance! But we also have love, compassion, honor, and family ties. This list could be extended so much more. This audiobook contains but a few from the millions of these types of stories that have defined the journey of humanity for thousands of years.

They say that people feed off of one another, but this isn't wholly true. As long as we face the difficulties of living a free, honorable life respectful to nature, then unity is certainly possible. We can only achieve this dream if we put away our prejudice without fooling ourselves. We need to fight to get what we deserve for our hard work.

Once upon a time, far, far away in the land of Africa, there were vast forests with huge lakes, ling rivers, endless lowlands, supreme mountains, and high rocks. And in those forests there were cute baboons, angry rhinos, long-necked giraffes, ox-headed antelopes, cheerful goats, spotted leopards, warthogs with vertical tails, zebras in striped pajamas, and countless animals all living happily together. Local stories about these cute animals have been told for generations, and I have gathered them to share.

Once upon a time far, far away in the land of Africa, there were vast forests with huge lakes, long rivers, endless lowlands, supreme mountains and high rocks. And in those forests there were cute baboons, angry rhinos, long-necked giraffes, ox-headed antelopes, cheerful goats, spotted leopards, warthog's with vertical tails, zebras in striped pajamas, and countless animals, living happily together.