Where am I From?
Following a soft negotiation of price with the rickshaw driver, I finally had initiated my way back home…
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The Great Wave: The Aftermath
“It’s my fault, all my fault; I should’ve tried harder,” he said. A quintessential characteristic of his –…
Demise of Academia: A Sad Case Which Should Not Have Been in the 21st Century
Being an academic is not an easy thing. In many countries, it seems you are always between a…
Pain Doesn’t Differ: Turkish Refugees Help Greek Fire Victims
Gasparetto (not his real name)[1] was a young Turkish medical student when he was arrested and imprisoned for…
Editorial (Pain Doesn’t Differ)
Sight is one of the most miraculous things for which we can never be thankful enough. Our eyes…
A Festival of Dialogue Exploring Multiculturalism and Language Diversity
The opportunity for 15 countries to assemble beneath one banner under the South African sky is a feat…
Annemarie Schimmel Building Bridges between East and West
This is an article on the life, works, and efforts of Cemile (the Beautiful), as Annemarie Schimmel (d.…
Cooking and World Peace
In the summer of 2007, I traveled to Turkey for ten days as a member of an International…
The Gulen Movement: A Shared Bridge between the U.S. and Islam
“Life is a shared bridge of “passing over” and “coming back.” It is a passing over to other…
Touched by a Small Kindness
When a professor of Turkish language and literature is met by Turkish hospitality during a short stopover, she…
Masallah
Katharine, “Kadriye,” Branning was one of the passengers on a Turkish Airlines flight to New York on September…
The Art of Living Together
At the onset of the twenty-first century, a new relationship is being forged between my own Greek…
The “Turkish Letters” of Ogier G. de Busbecq (1520-1592)
The Ottomans had a strong cultural and political presence over the Middle East, North Africa and South Eastern…
A Record to Break…
Halima heard the front door close with a click that was almost inaudible. Casting a quick look at…
Married to a Turk?!
“Have you lost your mind?!” Professor Lydia cried as soon as I announced that I had been engaged…