Author Archives: lizcameron

Karadeniz’de gemileri batmak: A Turkish idiom for deep sadness

Posted on June 9, 2015 by lizcameron

Today is my Dad’s birthday – he has been gone for three years – but I still  miss him.  Recently, I learned of a Turkish idiom that is used to express deep sadness.  Really, the Turks have an idiom for … Continue reading →

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Başınız sağolsun: A Turkish idiom in honor of the Soma disaster’s anniversary

Posted on May 13, 2015 by lizcameron

Last year was witness to the worst mining disaster in Turkish history…as we drove through the town of Soma last June, the memorial to the miners stood tall. Black banners and flags flew off of a number of the terraces … Continue reading →

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Twitter banned briefly, again: Her kuşun eti yenmez

Posted on April 8, 2015 by lizcameron

Turks are truly mad for Twitter. According to the New Yorker’s review of data from the Electronic Frontier Foundation, “fourteen per cent of Turkey’s eighty million people use Twitter—a relatively high figure for a country where only forty-five per cent of … Continue reading →

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