I was up in the old part of Ankara today visiting some friends who own a carpet and antique shop. I asked if they happened to have any musical instruments lying around on the off chance that I could find something really Turkish to photograph for this challenge. They didn't, but one of them ran down the street and borrowed several instruments from another friend, and among them was this old ud. You can't imagine the scene -- half the neighborhood came to watch what I was doing. It was too dark for no flash but I hated the pics with the flash. Finally someone got me a bunch of boxes to put the camera on, and we propped the ud on my jacket and scarf and against an ottoman. Someone else went and got me a glass of wine and I shot away -- a very Turkish setup. It's really a lovely instrument; for a full view my husband took of it (complete with wine glasses), go to http://www.pbase.com/image/24114884/medium