Tag Archives: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Saf and Dobra remember Samandağ, roll their eyes at Erdoğan’s insane war and peace comment

Posted on October 6, 2012 by lizcameron

Recently, those impish puppets, Saf and Dobra, to be specific, expressed their hot and cold feelings about their home country through sharing (veiled commentary) poetry from Wislawa Szymborska with you. As you may recall, these two puppets (just two of the … Continue reading →

Posted in A Karagöz puppet battle, Turkish Controversies, Turkish-American Matters, Visits from the Karagöz puppets | Tagged Akçakale, Antakya, Arsuz, Hatay Province, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Samandağ, Syria, Turkey, war, Yayladağı | 8 Comments

Of Atatürk, Obama and navigating U.S. politics as a couple post 9-11

Posted on September 7, 2011 by lizcameron

So, having spent a great deal of time remembering how I “dreamed of a burqini” my first summer in Turkey while obsessing over my own body image challenges, cross-cultural marriage is, of course, about a lot more than this. As … Continue reading →