Gay Turkey Travel - Explore Vast And Hidn Gay Turkey

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• EXPLORE VAST AND HIDN GAY TURKEY
• THE CAPAL OF TURKEY JT BANNED ALL PUBLIC LGBT EVENTSOFFICIALS ANKARA CED "PUBLIC SENSIVY" THE CISN TO PROHIB TALKS, FILMS, PERFORMANC AND PRI {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY DAN AVERYNOVEMBER 19, 2017/11:21 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}OZAN KOSE/AFP/GETTY IMAGA GAY UPLE KISS DURG THE GAY PRI PARA ON JUNE 28, 2015 THE ISTIKLAL STREET NEAR THE TAKSIM SQUARE ISTANBUL. RT POLICE ISTANBUL ED TEARGAS AND WATER NNON TO DISPERSE THOANDS OF PARTICIPANTS THE GAY PRI PARA THE TURKISH CY. POLICE TOOK ACTN AGAST THE CROWD WHEN MONSTRATORS BEGAN SHOUTG SLOGANS ACCG THE SOCIAL NSERVATIVE PRINT RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN OF "FASCISM". AFP PHOTO/OZAN KOSE (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ OZAN KOSE/AFP/GETTY IMAG)BY DAN AVERYNOVEMBER 19, 2017 / 11:21 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THE CAPAL OF TURKEY JT BANNED ALL PUBLIC LGBT EVENTS","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-11-19T16:21:36.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-11-19T16:21:36.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","KEYWORDS":"TERNATNAL","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ANKARA, TURKEY, HAS JT BANNED ALL LGBT EVENTS, DAYS AFTER NCELG AN GERMAN LGBT FILM FTIVAL. CG "PUBLIC SENSIVY," THE PROHIBN ENPASS FILMS, LECTUR, EXHIBNS, PERFORMANC AND PRI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“STARTG OM NOVEMBER 18, 2017, NCERNG OUR MUNY’S PUBLIC SENSIVY, ANY EVENTS SUCH AS [LGBT] CEMA, THEATER, PANELS, TERVIEWS, EXHIBNS ARE BANNED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE OUR PROVCE TO PROVI PEACE AND SECURY,” A CREE ISSUED ON SUNDAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON WEDNDAY, THE ANKARA GOVERNOR'S OFFICE BANNED THE SCREENG OF FOUR QUEER GERMAN-LANGUAGE FILMS, CG TERRORISM AND PUBLIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THE NTENT ULD CE GDG AND ENMY TOWARD A PART OF SOCIETY," THE OFFICE SAID OF THE PK LIFE QUEERFT. "THE TELLIGENCE REPORTS THAT TERROR ANIZATNS ARE SEEKG TO ATTACK DISSENTIENT GROUPS OR DIVIDUALS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE GOVERNOR WARNED THE SCREENGS "ULD BE PROVOTIVE AND DRAW REACTNS."GETTYSAME SEX YOUNG FEMALE REAL UPLE HANGG OUT AND EMBRACG ON LORFUL STAIRS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TURKEY HAS LONG BEEN SEEN AS ONE OF THE MORE WELG OF MAJORY-MLIM UNTRI, BUT ACTIVISTS PLA PRINT RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN HAS CRACKED DOWN ON LGBT EEDOM. IN RECENT YEARS THERE HAS ALSO BEEN AN ALARMG RISE PREJUDICE AND VLENCE: LAST YEAR, A GAY REFUGEE OM SYRIA WAS BEHEAD ISTANBUL, THE SAME YEAR A YOUNG TRANS WOMAN WAS MURRED AND SET ON FIRE A MIDDLE-CLASS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JT THIS SUMMER, MONSTRATORS WHO FIED THE BAN ON ISTANBUL PRI WERE MET WH BBER BULLETS AND TEAR GAS TAKSIM SQUARE.YASIN AKGUL/AFP/GETTY IMAGTURKISH RT POLICE OFFICERS BLOCK WAYS TO ISTIKJLAL AVENUE FOR LGBT RIGHTS ACTIVIST AS THEY TRY TO GATHER FOR A PRI PARA, WHICH WAS BANNED BY THE ERNORSHIP, CENTRAL ISTANBUL, ON JUNE 25, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / YASIN AKGUL (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ YASIN AKGUL/AFP/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THERE ED TO BE PARTS OF THE CY WHERE YOU ULD OPENLY SHOW THAT YOU’RE GAY, WHERE NO ONE RED WHO YOU ARE,” SAYS HSE, WHO WON THE MR. GAY SYRIA PAGEANT HELD ISTANBUL LAST YEAR. “THAT’S NO LONGER POSSIBLE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OF THE ORIGAL FIVE NTTANTS, THREE HAVE ALREADY FLED THE UNTRY AND HSE PLANS TO FOLLOW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

EXPLORE VAST AND HIDN GAY TURKEY

Gay Istanbul · HotelsMany gay visors stay or near Beyoglu district, the heart of morn Istanbul, close to the Istiklal Cadsi street, Taksim shoppg area, great rtrants and gay nightlife. Disver vast and hidn gay Turkey wh today. Though homosexualy is not nsired a crimal offence (same-sex sexual activy beg legalised by the Ottoman Empire 1858), tolerance towards gay people is limed and s of vlence have been known to occur.

As of 2016, followg an attempted up, the untry has been ntrolled by a religly nservative print, wh the rult beg ltle to no progrs the area of gay rights. LGBT people are currently not protected by law, and Ankara meanwhile, a prohibn on all LGBT activy has been the bad news out of the way, remas to be said that travellers who act wh discretn, gay and straight alike, are unlikely to experience any trouble while Turkey. Fd the gay muny wh any of Turkey’s big ci, particularly Istanbul where gay life thriv the safety of packed dance floors, hidn bars and ever-prent hammam bathho.

A mon startg pot on any self-rpectg gay Turkey travel erary, Istanbul troduc newers to all of the herage, all at once. Turkey’s most open-md cy, Gay Istanbul n easily be found the area around Taksim but be reful when explorg lser-veloped areas outsi of the centre, the tradnal muny of Tophane for example where tourists may not be weled que so Dpa Galani2.

THE CAPAL OF TURKEY JT BANNED ALL PUBLIC LGBT EVENTSOFFICIALS ANKARA CED "PUBLIC SENSIVY" THE CISN TO PROHIB TALKS, FILMS, PERFORMANC AND PRI {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY DAN AVERYNOVEMBER 19, 2017/11:21 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}OZAN KOSE/AFP/GETTY IMAGA GAY UPLE KISS DURG THE GAY PRI PARA ON JUNE 28, 2015 THE ISTIKLAL STREET NEAR THE TAKSIM SQUARE ISTANBUL. RT POLICE ISTANBUL ED TEARGAS AND WATER NNON TO DISPERSE THOANDS OF PARTICIPANTS THE GAY PRI PARA THE TURKISH CY. POLICE TOOK ACTN AGAST THE CROWD WHEN MONSTRATORS BEGAN SHOUTG SLOGANS ACCG THE SOCIAL NSERVATIVE PRINT RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN OF "FASCISM". AFP PHOTO/OZAN KOSE (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ OZAN KOSE/AFP/GETTY IMAG)BY DAN AVERYNOVEMBER 19, 2017 / 11:21 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THE CAPAL OF TURKEY JT BANNED ALL PUBLIC LGBT EVENTS","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-11-19T16:21:36.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-11-19T16:21:36.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","KEYWORDS":"TERNATNAL","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ANKARA, TURKEY, HAS JT BANNED ALL LGBT EVENTS, DAYS AFTER NCELG AN GERMAN LGBT FILM FTIVAL. CG "PUBLIC SENSIVY," THE PROHIBN ENPASS FILMS, LECTUR, EXHIBNS, PERFORMANC AND PRI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“STARTG OM NOVEMBER 18, 2017, NCERNG OUR MUNY’S PUBLIC SENSIVY, ANY EVENTS SUCH AS [LGBT] CEMA, THEATER, PANELS, TERVIEWS, EXHIBNS ARE BANNED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE OUR PROVCE TO PROVI PEACE AND SECURY,” A CREE ISSUED ON SUNDAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON WEDNDAY, THE ANKARA GOVERNOR'S OFFICE BANNED THE SCREENG OF FOUR QUEER GERMAN-LANGUAGE FILMS, CG TERRORISM AND PUBLIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THE NTENT ULD CE GDG AND ENMY TOWARD A PART OF SOCIETY," THE OFFICE SAID OF THE PK LIFE QUEERFT. "THE TELLIGENCE REPORTS THAT TERROR ANIZATNS ARE SEEKG TO ATTACK DISSENTIENT GROUPS OR DIVIDUALS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE GOVERNOR WARNED THE SCREENGS "ULD BE PROVOTIVE AND DRAW REACTNS."GETTYSAME SEX YOUNG FEMALE REAL UPLE HANGG OUT AND EMBRACG ON LORFUL STAIRS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TURKEY HAS LONG BEEN SEEN AS ONE OF THE MORE WELG OF MAJORY-MLIM UNTRI, BUT ACTIVISTS PLA PRINT RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN HAS CRACKED DOWN ON LGBT EEDOM. IN RECENT YEARS THERE HAS ALSO BEEN AN ALARMG RISE PREJUDICE AND VLENCE: LAST YEAR, A GAY REFUGEE OM SYRIA WAS BEHEAD ISTANBUL, THE SAME YEAR A YOUNG TRANS WOMAN WAS MURRED AND SET ON FIRE A MIDDLE-CLASS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JT THIS SUMMER, MONSTRATORS WHO FIED THE BAN ON ISTANBUL PRI WERE MET WH BBER BULLETS AND TEAR GAS TAKSIM SQUARE.YASIN AKGUL/AFP/GETTY IMAGTURKISH RT POLICE OFFICERS BLOCK WAYS TO ISTIKJLAL AVENUE FOR LGBT RIGHTS ACTIVIST AS THEY TRY TO GATHER FOR A PRI PARA, WHICH WAS BANNED BY THE ERNORSHIP, CENTRAL ISTANBUL, ON JUNE 25, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / YASIN AKGUL (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ YASIN AKGUL/AFP/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THERE ED TO BE PARTS OF THE CY WHERE YOU ULD OPENLY SHOW THAT YOU’RE GAY, WHERE NO ONE RED WHO YOU ARE,” SAYS HSE, WHO WON THE MR. GAY SYRIA PAGEANT HELD ISTANBUL LAST YEAR. “THAT’S NO LONGER POSSIBLE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OF THE ORIGAL FIVE NTTANTS, THREE HAVE ALREADY FLED THE UNTRY AND HSE PLANS TO FOLLOW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

While there is no overt Ankara gay bar, spots such as Bistro SAVOY and Sixtie Club draw a firm LGBT crowd as gay Ankara meetg pots.

As far as gay Izmir go, the cy is relatively liberal but due to LGBT rights Turkey, Izmir gay bar optns nstantly e and go. Check onle for the latt gay-iendly bars and clubs, and, if explorg the Izmir gay scene, be discreet on the street and aware that htlers and hookers may be operatg the area. Those lookg for gay Antalya may be disappoted by s lack of gay bars but thankfully there’s always a Turkish bath to splash about !