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Turkish dads are the fabric of our society. Without them we would never know what it was like growing up in the old country, how hard they work to put food on the table or how emotional they get after
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With a title like that, where do I begin? I could be here for days listing them all out. Of course please remember I say these things in jest - I love my Turkish people.... sometimes! Here's some p...
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Let's face it, as much as we complain about them we can’t live without them. No I’m not talking about Maydonoz, I’m talking about Turkish Dizis (Soaps). Any show that can go for 4 hours excluding a...
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Spring is in the air and with that begins a season of Turkish weddings you are invited to where you have no idea who the bride and groom are, but you are related to them and its rude if you don’t turn...
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Growing up a Turk in another country you quickly get used to everything that comes with it – good and bad. Having hundreds of cousins, being told you have put on weight from your grandparents, neve...
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How's this for a Thursday Throwback. In the early 00s turks across the globe were given a reason to love an ad break (and god knows we have enough of them) Cola Turka, a new type of Cola paid proba...
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Something that has always baffled me as a Turkish person is how long it takes to say goodbye to someone at the front door when they are leaving. You have the moment when someone decides to leave an...
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Following on from the success of Daşak Ali Dayi here's a Turkish tradition I can't get my head around. When us Turkish people go on holiday (if you call going back to the motherland a holiday) you'
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