Tag Archives: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

#DirenTurkiye: The Karagoz Puppets provide a socio-historical cheat-sheet for what led to #OccupyGezi

Posted on June 16, 2013 by lizcameron

Last night, I was moved to write a blog post after 12 hours of watching horror after horror unleash on the 99% of peaceful protestors in Istanbul.  What was worse was knowing we were not seeing it in the other 77 … Continue reading →

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#DİREN TÜRKİYE! 12 hours of devastation…and resilience

Posted on June 15, 2013 by lizcameron

For the past twelve hours, we (me, occasionally M. who can barely stand it, and the entire Karagoz puppet troupe that inhabits my head during this cross-cultural marriage) have been glued to the Internet in order to understand what we … Continue reading →

Posted in Turkish Controversies, Turkish Food!, Turkish-American Matters, Visits from the Karagöz puppets | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 14 Comments

The Karagöz puppets are çapuling from bed rest!

Posted on June 8, 2013 by lizcameron

Arkadaşlar – Friends, I’m trying hard to make a slowly by slowly come back… I’m feeling very sick and awaiting surgery without a set date due to insurance problems. As I lie here in bed in pain I am entertaining … Continue reading →

Posted in On writing about my life with the Karagöz puppets, Turkish Controversies, Visits from the Karagöz puppets | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 9 Comments