Category Archives: Cross-cultural learning moments

Kenne calls in the Turkish military to deal with the Socktopus

Posted on January 19, 2012 by lizcameron

What are the Socktopus and the Turkish military doing in my dresser?  I don’t know the answer to that – but there they both were – in my dresser – this very morning.  My close friends and family know that my … Continue reading →

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A Tiryaki Haze on the first day of school

Posted on January 17, 2012 by lizcameron

  It’s the first day of the spring semester.  As one of my students put it in an email last week, “you are going to need to find all of us – little pebbles in the forest – wash us … Continue reading →

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Karagöz is dying for some Şalgam suyu…what about you?

Posted on January 2, 2012 by lizcameron

Well, Karagöz really worked hard on acculturating to his new part-time life in America last night.  He snuck away from the quiet night that M. and I had at home, through the floorboards, and joined our neighbors in their after-midnight-after-party.  … Continue reading →

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