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I started school in Kasimpasa. Kasimpasa Elementary school was very close to our home. I was a child of the streets and I ditched school very often to play. My favorite class was Turkish class. I loved reading a lot. My last teacher was Mr. Nurettin. We had a single teacher. There were classes such as geography, history, Turkish, social studies and math. There were no religious studies or foreign language education then. I liked all my teachers a lot in general.
I never had a long-term friendship from my school years. When I was 11 years old, in last grade, I used to spend time together with the most beautiful girl in class, during lunch break. I think her name was Beki. We were usually together on the way to and from school too. But I did not see her again. I did not have any news.
Only once did I have to change my school. That was in Yuksekkaldirim, when we moved. I worked at different jobs after school... and at the age of 16, I worked at a business that I loved. What we call “Garçon de bureau” [office boy] today. I worked with a distributor, manufacturer’s rep.
I never had a long-term friendship from my school years. When I was 11 years old, in last grade, I used to spend time together with the most beautiful girl in class, during lunch break. I think her name was Beki. We were usually together on the way to and from school too. But I did not see her again. I did not have any news.
Only once did I have to change my school. That was in Yuksekkaldirim, when we moved. I worked at different jobs after school... and at the age of 16, I worked at a business that I loved. What we call “Garçon de bureau” [office boy] today. I worked with a distributor, manufacturer’s rep.
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Location
Beyoğlu/İstanbul
Türkiye
Interview
Nesim Levi