Bertan Bakkaloglu is one of Haluk's old friends from high school and college. When we came to United States, to Dallas in 1996,   he was in Oregon just about to finish his PhD and looking for a job. And then, he came to Dallas and had an interview with Texas Instruments. He got the job and moved to Dallas, a couple of blocks away from  our apartment complex. But now we moved to Washington DC and he's still there.

Unfortunatelly, we don't have his e-mail address. If you have, please let us know.

In Texas, in summer, you can't be away from the pool or any kind of water supply. But, there is no temperature difference between  inside and outside of the water. By the way, Haluk's and Bertan's birthdays are  the same, 17th of May!