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Vişne reçeli in my cookie: A “Turklish” twist on Thanksgiving
A few days ago, my dear friend J. took me (and my mental Karagöz puppets) over for my twice-weekly physical therapy torture for what Emsa ths hippie puppet calls “my damaged wing,” and the very proper...
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Of east and west, work and rest in a Turkish-American marriage
Living in a Turkish-American marriage, there are some differences that are glaringly garish, more that subtle, a few that are barely perceptible and some that really creep up on you over time. As my...
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Şekerleme: On the work of both rest and cultural competence in Turkey
Well, this week has been a full and deep one, as I have contemplated both work – and a bit on rest as well. I have noted that there are differences in approaches to work between east and west, as …...
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The Karagöz puppets return…with a kabak and some çapak for my Turkish lesson
Early yesterday morning as I lay sprawled out in bed, I felt a tap on my shoulder. It was the learned Hacivad Bey Puppet who for once, oddly enough, was standing right next to the Karagöz puppet...
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Taş gibi: Of language mis-steps, traffic jams and hot Turkish women
“Taş gibi.” I heard this phrase a lot while two young Turkish American men were living in our house. I never could quite get the context, as their voices would lower to decibels my old ears couldn’t...
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The Karagöz puppets howl at my ‘Turklish:’“Ben yumurta yemek yiyorsun üstünde...
As we move on from horrific images of what followed the red carnation protest in Istanbul – and as we ignore reports of an horrific video of a swarm of police beating protesters hiding in a parking...
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Vişne reçeli in my cookie: A “Turklish” twist on Thanksgiving
A few days ago, my dear friend J. took me (and my mental Karagöz puppets) over for my twice-weekly physical therapy torture for what Emsa ths hippie puppet calls “my damaged wing,” and the very proper...
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The Karagöz puppets howl at my ‘Turklish:’“Ben yumurta yemek yiyorsun üstünde...
As we move on from horrific images of what followed the red carnation protest in Istanbul – and as we ignore reports of an horrific video of a swarm of police beating protesters hiding in a parking...
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