The protests are amazing. There are over a hundred thousand in Taxim Square. They have bands, food, and music. Every night everyone goes there. When the sun sets everyone turns their lights on and off in Yeni Levent, we bang pots and pans, and you can here everyone in Istanbul doing the same thing, at the same time. We watched a group of people march through the neighborhood the other night. It is very peaceful, and beautiful. Everyone send their love, we talked to Yashar on facetime yesterday for his birthday. Anneanne is very happy to have us visiting.