Kadıköy Vapuru

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• vapur düdüğüferry horn
• boğukhoarse, muffled
• iç çekişsigh
• iskelepier, ferry landing
• kuşakgeneration
• güvertedeck (of a ship)
• ince belli bardakslim, tulip-shaped tea glass
• süzülmekto glide
• yetinmekto content oneself with, to make do with
• lodossouthwesterly wind (in Istanbul)
• zihnine kazımakto engrave in one’s memory
• yabancılaşmakto become a stranger, to grow apart
• inatstubbornness

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1. 1. What did the grandfather do with the two simits he bought?

   He ate them bothOne was for the narrator, the other for the gullsHe gave both to the gulls

2. 2. What was the weather like on their last crossing?

   Calm and sunnyIt was snowingA southwesterly was blowing and the sea was rough

3. 3. What does “ben de büyüdükçe dedemin sessizliğine benzedim” suggest?

   The narrator lost his voiceAs he grew older, he became quiet like his grandfatherHe stopped visiting Istanbul

4. 4. What finally makes the narrator understand his grandfather’s words?

   Reading a book about IstanbulTaking his own son on the ferryMoving back to Kadıköy