Even though no trailers have been screened in Turkish movie theaters, everyone had some idea about “Brokeback Mountain.” Following heated arguments for the last couple of months, the movie is finally on our screens, with an 18+ rating. It was assumed by our higher board of censorship that concepts like terrorism, racism, murder and being a geisha were not alien to our traditions, but the love story of two ranch hands constituted some sort of danger to our moral values. It was deemed invisible for some time. But after winning over 50 awards, including four Golden Globes and three Oscars, “Brokeback Mountain” has taken its place quietly on a limited number of screens in Turkey today.

In issue nr. 106 of Jornalinho, (Portugal), I find a story which teaches us much about that which we choose without thinking:
     One day, a calf needed to cross a virgin forest in order to return to its pasture. Being an irrational animal, it forged out a tortuous path full of bends, up and down hills.
     The next day, a dog came by and used the same path to cross the forest. Next it was a sheep's turn, the head of a flock which, upon finding the opening, led its companions through it.
     Later, men began using the path: they entered and left, turned to the right, to the left, bent down, deviating obstacles, complaining and cursing - and quite rightly so. But they did nothing to create a different alternative.
     After so much use, in the end, the path became a trail along which poor animals toiled under heavy loads, being forced to go three hours to cover a distance which would normally take thirty minutes, had no one chosen to follow the route opened up by the calf.
     Many years passed and the trail became the main road of a village, and later the main avenue of a town. Everyone complained about the traffic, because the route it took was the worst possible one.
     Meanwhile, the old and wise forest laughed, at seeing how men tend to blindly follow the way already open, without ever asking whether it really is the best choice.

• Bic Laranja Bic Cristal!
• Quitoso
• Tom Sawyer
• Os Amigos do Gaspar
• Verao Azul

• A famous (in portugal) brasilean soccer player that is doing trainings in the south of Turkey
• A portuguese man that works for a portuguese company with business in Turkey
• 3 turkish students that were heading to Porto for ERASMUS
• A turkish man that works in Porto in the business of turkish carpets
• Some elder portuguese people that were heading to Israel through Istanbul

Because there are so little (or so I think) it is a great excitment to find people that have connections to Portugal and Turkey.

Unfortunately I couldn't find any portuguese living in Turkey. Besides me I only know 2 portuguese in Istanbul.