can not think of Istanbul without ... give the numbers! fact we are talking about a city that stretches for more than a hundred miles wide, straddling Europe and Asia. It is home to 15 million (!) People! Yes, there are bigger in the world, but the parameters are measures Italians really impressive.
With a network of underground at the time totally inadequate to serve a population so large, it is not difficult to imagine what it means to move in a situation like that.
Guests of the young publisher but arrembante local Roman 1001, I and the mixed band of cartoonists that I list below, we refer in fact due to daily travel time of eighty kilometers (one way) between the hotel and the Book Fair they represented one of the most unusual attractions, through bridges ultracongestionati (once a friend Emre has opted for the ferry, as the traffic was literally locked) and a "freedom" to guide that has nothing to envy to that of nostrane Rome or Naples.
Luckily the van rented by our considerate guests was very convenient and the company very pleasant: the zagoriani doc Ferri , Puppet and Verni ; zigzagoriano here the writer and his son James (with his right hand in plaster pallanuotistico accident), the singer Graziano Romani , author of the music album dedicated to the King of Darkwood and the supercollezionista Giancarlo Orazi Zagoria and his wife, the dylandogghiano Stano (which binds me for years disturbing the purchase of identical stock), the lovely and talented Laura Scarpa , the overwhelming "American" Richard Burchielli , a young Italian who less if they pull it (although it is one of the few who could afford it) and his equally flamboyant "appears" Diego Cajelli ; Mr. Marco "bd" Schiavone and, last but least, Gianfranco "Light Magic" Manfredi and adorable wife.
In a nation where Zagor Sixties is a character of great popular success (to the extent that they have also starred in several films), the star of the situation was inevitably Ferri Gallienus, interviewed by major television networks and several newspapers that have devoted entire pages. Despite his age, the bold creator of the graphic Spirit with the Hatchet did not recoil from the onslaught of media and fans, who have bestowed a very moving love. Spontaneissimo also touching and warm embrace between iron and Levent Cakir , the actor who played in the movies above-named Zagor. Too bad that could come even Sergio Bonelli / Guido Nolitta. The party was really perfect! 
local fans have still failed to make their love to others. The signatures of the session Saturday in a special hall of Kitap Fuar (Book Fair) was a really tour de force for all, without a moment's breath. But still enjoyable. If around the city we saw young and old busy happily or quietly relax, we met at the Fair special people: adults, teens and children of both sexes which was written on the face and manner kindness, curiosity, availability, patience joy and certainly greater than those who do not attend such events. In confirmation, if there were needed, in my belief that reading makes better and more "beautiful". All over the world. therefore thank the editor and factotum Aktur Fuat Emre Senses (who has also been a translator and guide for the duration of the visit, the discovery of a Turkey which, without forgetting the past, is launched into the future with energy, conviction and will definitely superior to those of us tired and lazy Italy) for having skillfully constructed this unusual event (apparently it was the first time that such a large group of Italian comic-strip landed in Istanbul) and a hug to everyone who supported us (and endured) with kindness, enthusiasm and joy: Tamer, Tunc, Ozgur ( Cok iyi , man!) and the other of which I have difficulty remembering names and faces but certainly not sympathy. Thank you for this great professional and human experience that has certainly represented a further step - small but no less important - on the road to understanding between people far less than certain fanatical ideologies would have us believe. That this was done by means of the comic seems to me a wonderful thing.
Images: billboard Istanbul, and group photos in the lobby of the Fair, the DVD of a movie dedicated to Zagora in the seventies, me and James in a moment of relaxation at the marina. More photos of our five days the Turkish found on my Facebook page . 
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