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My most recent trip back home to the US has been a lengthy visit, long enough to get truly ‘homesick’ for my adopted homeland, Turkey. The first few weeks I loved stepping back into anonymity. It was nice to go to a restaurant or take a walk without…
It was not just my classmates who would turn off the air. At cafés, in dolmuşes, in stores, people from all walks of life complain about the temperature. Enjoying a cool breeze from a cracked window on a bus? The 20-something woman next to you will…
Turkey at present witnesses a phase in its EU accession negotiations which at best can be considered confusing. On the one hand, signals from Brussels differ between ‘the show must go on’ and ‘please do not disturb.’ Whilst the Turkish public…
I got to the English menu and found several dead ends. Each time, I was required to start afresh and dial the main number. After six tries I got to a place where I could get the PIN. OK: enter account number, card number, expiration date, magic…
As I move through İstanbul, I listen hard. Some stories are easy to detect, while others are faint echoes in the wind. However, the story of this city and its citizens is rich and full-flavored. The buildingsand streets and landscapes bring to my…
“Where was your son born?” the counselor asked. I replied that he had been born in İstanbul, but as she knew, he was a dualcitizen of Turkey and the United States. “Well,” the counselor continued, “thatis the trouble. He is not totally Turkish and…
