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Cumalikizik'ta insanlar hala bu 300 yillik evlerde yasiyorlar, cocuklar internet cafelerde bilgisayar basinda degil, hala plastik toplar, kenevir iplerle, hep birlikte sokaklarda oynuyorlar. Hava kapali,yagmur serpistirmeye basladi, oyun bitti, marketten tv karsisinda yemek icin iki paket cips alindi. Simdi eve donus vakti.

In Cumalikizik, people still live in those 300-350 years old houses, and the children still play out among their neighbourhood together with their friends,instead of playing computer games with virtual friends for hours and hours. It was a cloudy afternoon, and was almost raining, so their game ended, and the girl took her way back to home.

Cumalıkızık Village is located in 10 kilometers east of Bursa, at the foot of the Mt. Uludağ. Its history goes back to the Ottoman Empire's foundation period, nearly 700 years ago. The historical textures have been well protected and the civilian countryside architectural structures of the early Ottoman period have been successful at remaining undamaged until today. The people still live at the houses which are almost 300, 350, sometimes 400 years old. The famous Cumalıkızık houses has been made out of wood, adobes, rubblestones. Most of them are triplex houses. The windows upstairs are generally latticed and with a bay window. The handles and knockers on the main entry doors are made out of wrought iron. Also there are very narrow streets having cobblestone and without having sidewalk

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