Growing Old Acting Bold

At 83.5 years old, Prof. Dr. Ender Berker is still working like an 'atomic ant' in the 57th year of his professional life. “Make friends with your brain because it is the only organ that does not age,” he says, and learns Spanish in his spare time.

Bahattin Bogaz, 74 years old. National marathoner and profiterole maker. “I want to die while running,” he says. While running from success to success at Nazar Pastry Shop, he also runs marathons all over the world. Be like Mr. Bahattin.

Is trying to travel the world in a rowboat a wasted row? 60-year-old 'future sailor' Hüseyin Ürkmez is the living proof that it is not. He has traveled to many parts of the world by dinghy and still continues to do so.

Erhan Kayaalp is a 62-year-old academic who enjoys both watching movies and screening them. He has been collecting movies for many years and screening them in his house. Sometimes he puts a movie down, lies on his back and watches the movie camera.

88-year-old Fatma doesn't spend a day without watching Eurosport. Her greatest pleasure is snooker! From 'clean' sports played with a bow tie to cycling, she knows the rules of every branch and the private lives of all the athletes.

Lütfiye and Melih travel the world in a caravan. They also run a boutique hotel in Yedikule. There is one thing they both have in common when they set out on their journey; to act not with their fears but with their hopes.

Mrs. İsmet, born in 1936, is, in her own words, someone who was born to sing. Although she has been humming notes to herself since she was three years old, she was always prevented from becoming a singer and sometimes sang her songs in the closet.

“When you're 70, it's all over” is a very bad saying. Why can't one learn a language after 70?” Bilsen (68) and Harun (66) continue to produce and enjoy life to the fullest, regardless of their age.