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I worked all the time in my youth, including Saturdays. I could get together with friends only on Sundays. I wasn’t a member of any place at the age of 16 – 17, but I played table tennis at Beyoglu Public House, I watched basketball games.
I was an amateur player. There was pool also but it was more expensive. That is why I did not learn to play much. I played very seldom. I had a lot of friends that I met there. In addition, I would put on a uniform and play soccer with the neighborhood team.
Around 18 – 19 years of age, I took up drinking beer. There was a beer house named Novotni in Tepebashi. There was also the yard of the Beer Factory. We would order beer in a big keg and drink it together with appetizers.
I never had an interest in cigarettes. One or two with beer. We used to sit close to the restrooms, because as we drank the beer, the need to use the bathroom would arise.
During that period, we used to talk about youth, sex and sports with my friends.
I was an amateur player. There was pool also but it was more expensive. That is why I did not learn to play much. I played very seldom. I had a lot of friends that I met there. In addition, I would put on a uniform and play soccer with the neighborhood team.
Around 18 – 19 years of age, I took up drinking beer. There was a beer house named Novotni in Tepebashi. There was also the yard of the Beer Factory. We would order beer in a big keg and drink it together with appetizers.
I never had an interest in cigarettes. One or two with beer. We used to sit close to the restrooms, because as we drank the beer, the need to use the bathroom would arise.
During that period, we used to talk about youth, sex and sports with my friends.
Period
Location
Beyoğlu/İstanbul
Türkiye
Interview
Nesim Levi