The Turkish Life

I've been horrified to see the violence unfolding over the past year in Gaza and now in Lebanon – and felt helpless to do anything about...

All of us in Turkey are still devastated by the major earthquakes that laid waste to vast swaths of the country's southeast on 6 Februa...

A truck full of aid ready to  head  to  the  earthquake zone It's been just over a week since earthquakes ravaged southeastern Turkey an...

[Updated 14 February] We woke up Monday morning in Istanbul to devastating news from southeast Turkey and Syria, where a 7.8 magnitude eart...

Pretty but scratchy vegetation "Three ladies, aren’t you scared??" the farmer asked incredulously as he pointed us in the directio...

" The ones for marriage are four lira; the rest are two lira," the older woman explained patiently as I surveyed the plastic takeo...

The bell began ringing out at 12:30 pm sharp, its sound carrying to the water's edge from an unseen church somewhere behind a cacophony ...

I'd been eyeing the roadside kebab shop for a while, as there seemed to be a steady stream of customers whenever I walked by after my ph...

Image via New Economy Coalition I read a comment recently about the coronavirus pandemic that really resonated with me: We may all be ...

"Sıcak sıcak sıcaaaaak!!!!" "Var mı, pide isteyen?!?!" Since Turkey began weekend lockdowns in its large cities earlier...