Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Turkey Related Subjects => Turkey Discussion Forum (Not Calis specifically) => Topic started by: pashka on June 03, 2007, 00:48:48 AM
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Whenever we go to Fethiye for the first trip of an holiday the first of us to spot the shoe shine man Hagi has to buy the other one a large drink. A lovely guy who turns up all over the place. All the years we have been coming to Fethiye he doesn't seem to have any gray hairs, we wonder if he uses boot black instead of Grecian 2000. Never too pushy and he always makes a good job of cleaning out dusty shoes.
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Yeh - great chap and always friendly. We might have that bet ourselves this year.
Stoop
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I see him nearly every week.
Can I have a drink please:D
Pashka, we know Sutton well, used to live down the road in sunny Clapham, dont get to meet many south Londoners on here.
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my kids love Hagi, always go out of our way to have a drink with him in the DEEP BLUE. He did have some bad luck last year, I do hope he has sorted himself now.
Fab guy with the best memory for names.
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Does Hagi have another shirt? he always seems to have the same shirt on!
Jacqui.
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He has more than 10 Galatasaray shirts. :)
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Saw Hagi last week while we were in Fethiye having a drink. He stopped to say hello to us. Still has a big smile although he said trade was not very good. We were all wearing sandals so couldn't take him up on his offer to clean our shoes. It was really good to see him back to his usual self.
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We saw him at the weekend too (wearing THE T shirt !), again he remembered us and is always so good humoured etc. We too were wearing sandals, so no trade from us this time round, perhaps we should try to carry a spare pair in the car just in case we see him - best shoe shine in town !!! Great chap.
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he keep's telling me that my shoes are unhappy.
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C1 - So were my husbands, but we discovered Odour-eaters :D
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Aww what a character, hes a great guy :)
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always have flip flops on, but he still tries to get a shine!! Just out of interest, what does he charge for a shoe shine? (I take it we are talking about the little guy that has been around Fethiye for about 20 years, with the mass of black hair!!?)
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I had some photos today from Hagi. :)
(http://aycu08.webshots.com/image/17727/2000890356498447252_rs.jpg)
(http://aycu13.webshots.com/image/18812/2000824442432194748_rs.jpg)
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Well done Yetkin..Portraits now , as well as your marvellous views of Turkey.
Pashka
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Hagi is a lovely guy....but the smacker he gives on the lips is just a bit much!!!
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He asks 5TL for a shoe shine. :)
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Success has gone to his head, he has business cards now!!!!!
lovely guy
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We always think he looks like a Turkish Fonzie ! All he needs is the leather jacket 8)
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thats the one!!! That last photo confirmed it!!! at that price, I will make sure I wear shoes next time Im down in Fethiye! lovely fella.
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Yetkin will have to do a new photo-shoot in recognition of the new hair style!!
Pashka
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A lovely man indeed. Always stops for a chat. T " Gentleman of Fethiye"
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:)I actually have an old video of him from about 1990, He came into Evelyns bar and started singing for us, and he still has'nt changed from then, ;)
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Love hime to bits, "I love you do you love me". Always happy, excellent cheap shoe shine. A holiday wouldn't be the same without Hagi. He cracks me up when he offers his cheek for a kiss and just as you are about to plant a big smacker he turns and gets it full on the lips. :-\[:X]
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What is the going rate for a shoe shine from him?
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In the summer 5YTL
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That's the eqvilant of £1 per shoe - I call that expensive but he is a nice guy.
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Originally posted by Twin Bee
That's the eqvilant of £1 per shoe - I call that expensive but he is a nice guy.
LOL Nesim used to get a tenner a pair from some people when he was in Calis, honestly, that kid made a fortune there, and he had a football kit for every team in the prem. ;)
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What became of Nesim Kiriktas? After Calis he was in the Boncuk Gift Shop in Fethiye and I last spoke with him in Hisaranou a couple of years back when he was working in a clothing shop. When he was shining shoes in Calis he was making more money than most of the waiters and barmen.
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:) I last heard he had gone back to his home, and has 2 children now, but he was seen in Hison last year so dont really know for sure. ;)
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I was going to put this on a few weeks ago Hadci had his flat burnt down a few weeks ago. He lost all of of his money and his possesions. Electrical fault he says.
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He wasn't his usual self, but when he told us what had happened we understood why he was so miserable.
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Talked to him the other day and he was very down.
Said he lost all his photos etc in the fire so maybe he would like a copy of some of these ?
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Oh thats awful poor Hagi. We have lots of photos of him over the years, happy to bring some out for him when we come (or email to someone to give to him). Is he ok for everything else, is there anything that he needs that we can help replace ? He is an absolute star and brightens up our day when we see him. 'I love you - you love me ?. !!!!'
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Surely its his family photos he is most upset about?
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Oh dear, met him last wednesday at megri,s
he certainly wasn,t his usual cheerful self. He never mentioned his trouble,thought it was my stupid banter. will have to commiserate with him when I see him next. :)
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Hagi is a lovely chap and this year has been very hard for him. In July he spent a lot of time in Calis looking for a guy who had borrowed his life savings and had dissapeared. He looked so upset I said I would replace the money so don't despair. He wouldn't entertain the idea. He did mention that he was available for hire to do odd jobs during the winter however.
Since then he has had a fire at home and lost a great deal of belongings. Since we know he will not accept charity I would request any CBF members who are need of odd jobs around their place to give the guy a chance to earn his way out of difficulties.
Pete
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This is very sad news - Hagi always has a smile on his face, so to get such a bad run of luck is tragic. I hope things pick up for him.