Tag Archives: Turkey

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 , , , , , , , , , | 8 Comments

Nazim Hikmet: Seviyorum seni

Posted on October 3, 2012 by lizcameron

It’s been a long, long time since I have written about our very own in-house puppet lovers, Celebi the modern lover and Khadijah, the servant girl from Ottoman Egypt.  Defying tradition with the declaration of their love, these two are … Continue reading →

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Saf and Dobra present veiled commentary via Wislawa Szymborska’s “3 weirdest words”

Posted on October 2, 2012 by lizcameron

  Saf and Dobra are back lately.  You may recall that these two puppets love and hate Turkiye.  Usually they reside in the recesses of my mind – and are more present in M., who loves-hates his country of birth, … Continue reading →

Posted in Introducing the Karagöz puppets, Turkish Art, Visits from the Karagöz puppets | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments