Yozgat Blues Page #2

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- Yes. You?

I started working after primary school.

- You're a barber, aren't you?

- Yes.

- Welcome. What would you like?

- I'll have a white coffee.

- Sure. What would you like?

- Tea.

We'll see. I want to open my own place.

A women's hairdressing salon.

- I was told you're a barber.

- Well, I am for now.

- But my place will be a women's salon.

- I see.

- Do you work?

- Yes, in town. At the bridal shop.

- Have you been engaged before?

- No.

If you lose your hair from the front,

they say you're noble.

If you lose it from the top,

you're ignoble.

And if you lose it from the back,

God forbid that you do...

...they say you're a disgrace,

you're damned.

The mason hears a voice behind him:

"Go easy there!"

"If building a mosque is easy,

you try!" he replies.

He turns to see a radiant face,

bearded and so on.

He says, "Come and try then."

The man says OK.

And he starts slapping on the plaster

like a pro.

The mason gets suspicious.

He's surely the best mason around.

So what is this?

The man can't be normal, he thinks.

Now the mason is a man of faith.

Thank you.

He says,

"There's no mason better than me."

"So you must be a great mason.

Let me shake your hand."

As you know, the Prophet Khidr

has a bone missing in his hand.

When the mason shakes hands,

he feels for the bone. No bone!

He thinks, I was right to be

suspicious then.

I should've known it was Khidr,

peace be upon Him.

"Please", he says to the man,

"honour our mosque again and again."

- Where does the girl work, Usta?

- At the perfume shop.

- Which one?

- The one in the arcade.

- Did she go to school?

- She finished high school.

And if she wants someone educated

like the other girl?

- They didn't say so.

- Do you know her family?

Yes, but my wife knows them better.

Does she plan to keep working

after she's married?

How do I know?

Why are you asking me?

If this girl doesn't work out either,

Sabri will become manic.

- Worry about your exams, not about me!

- Keep your nose out of this!

Cigarette?

Oh, sorry.

The nicotine patches work though.

I plan to give up, too,

but not now.

Being on stage is hard for me.

I get so nervous.

If only there was sea here!

Like in Istanbul.

But it's nice and uncrowded here.

- Do you have any powder?

- Yes, there.

- You mean this?

- Yes.

- What have you done!

- Oh God, I'm sorry.

- Is it lipstick?

- Yes.

I'll give it a quick rub with dish soap

and it'll come out.

- Hello.

- Hello Sabri.

Come in.

Nee, Sabri.

Sabri, come on through. Don't wait.

- Just give it a quick blow dry.

- OK.

- Do you have any wipes?

- Yes.

Great! Now it's spread further.

- More tea?

- No, thanks.

- We should never have used dish soap.

- Yes, sorry. That was my fault.

It'll still come out though.

C'mon, just call it a day.

I'll take it to the dry cleaner's.

- OK?

- OK.

- So is it your own place?

- No.

But I plan to apply for a loan

to open my own place.

A women's hairdressing salon.

Aren't you a men's barber?

Why open a women's salon?

Well, I started out in a women's salon.

I'm really a women's hairdresser.

The barber thing is just temporary.

Besides, there's more money in it.

What do you pay for a blow dry, say?

Fifteen or so.

A shave costs five lira.

It's basically three times the money.

- Do you go to the mosque to pray?

- Sometimes.

But I never miss Friday prayers.

- Thanks.

- You're welcome.

- Which way is the toilet?

- Up there on the left.

- The shirt's ruined.

- What's wrong?

It's all shiny.

- The thing's unwearable.

- Well, it looks fine from here.

They take no care.

- Hello.

- Hello, Sabri.

You're in the paper, Yavuz.

Delila:
Yozgat's venue for good music.

The photo's come out great.

I'm going to cut this out.

We'll keep the clipping.

- Hey, Sabri, can you get me a copy too?

- Sure.

My hair's a disaster!

- Want a hand?

- That would be great.

- What shall we do? Give it a blow dry?

- No, let's do a loose bun.

- But a messy one.

- Messy?

- Yes.

- OK.

- You've got terrible split ends.

- I know.

- What do you use on your hair?

- Nothing, I just wash it.

- Good morning.

- Good morning.

- Let's see if you notice.

- What?

Ah, bergamot tea!

I brew the tea with cold water.

Not many people know that trick.

In other words...

...it's like I brew the tea

and boil the water simultaneously.

The result is fabulous.

It's called the Caucasian method.

This cheese is quite delicious.

I remember finding something similar

at a market once. But this is special.

I must go, I have things to do.

OK? Bye.

Thanks.

- What's this?

- A hair mask.

You've got split ends, right?

And I guess you've dyed it before.

That weakens the hair structure.

So this is for that.

But wait, this is for dry hair.

We need the one for oily hair.

- Your hair's a bit oily.

- Right.

- So does this stuff really work?

- Sure. It works wonders.

But use it every day. Shampoo, rinse,

then work it into the ends.

Leave it in for 10 minutes or so,

then rinse again as normal.

- But do it every day.

- I see.

- It won't work otherwise.

- Hey, you're an expert on women's hair.

- Well, I plan to open a women's salon.

- Why a women's salon?

That's where I trained.

In a women's hairdressing salon.

We'll see. If luck goes my way.

Besides, how much is a blow dry?

Around 15 lira here.

A shave costs five lira.

There's a price difference.

I mean, it pays better.

I want to ask you something.

Do you know of a face mask for spots?

Do you have anything like that?

A face mask. For spots.

Right, here you are.

This might do.

But no, it's no good.

Let me see that one

next to the striped one.

- This one?

- No, to your left.

- This one?

- No, further to the left.

The one below.

Yes.

Yes.

No, this is no good either.

Maybe I should have one made.

Can I see that grey one?

Under the green.

- This one?

- Yes. Please.

Yes.

Feel the fabric and you'll see.

Right. Now feel this one.

- It's a bit different.

- More than a bit, it's poplin.

Yes.

If only there was a place

that just sold shirt fabric.

There is. If you like,

we can send for the fabric.

- Just shirt fabric?

- Of course.

- OK, great.

- Fatih! Come here.

Go to Recep, show him this shirt

and bring back a bolt of fabric.

- OK.

- Be quick.

- It won't take long, will it?

- He'll be back in a few minutes.

- What's the filling in those ones?

- Caramel.

- Those ones?

- Chocolate.

- Are those profiteroles?

- Yes.

- What's in the caramel ones?

- Fruit.

- The chocolate ones?

- They're plain.

- OK, I'll have a white coffee for now.

- OK.

- What would you like?

- I'll have tea.

OK.

Come on.

Let's go over there.

Great.

No, no. Stay where you are.

- You should've had something to eat.

- No, it would be too much now.

- How are you doing?

- Fine. You?

Fine.

- Hello.

- Hello.

- Nee.

- I'm Kamil.

- Nice to meet you.

- You too.

Kamil's a radio man.

He does a great programme on radio.

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