Parots of Istanbul
I saw the new guests of İstanbul sky in spring of 2010 as a first time . I was near by a park called Fenerbahçe Parkı in the Asian side. Since than I had chance to see them in both side of İstanbul. Than I remembered my first visit to India in 1995 . We were near by Taj Mahal and the Indian blue sky was full of green parots. It was the first time for me so that I met the green parots indeed. And surely it was a very magical and exotic moment for me! Nowadays I hear their shrill sound almost every couple of days near Acıbadem and Kalamış area in Anadolian side. They are generally flying within a group of parots and some of the time you can see a seagulf or a crow chasing them. When I checked the net I read they are in İstanbul for 15 years ! As they said some parots were escaped from the cages and they managed to live in İstanbul . According to biolog Mr Kerem Ali Boyla because of the climate changes these parots ...