Tag Archives: Turkey

Westward Ho!: Of scorched earth and strawberries in Yeşilırmak


As you may have seen from our last post, we’ve been eating our way across Cyprus. Thankfully, we were lucky enough to find an amazing restaurant run by a Turkish Cypriot re-patriot named Mustafa. Çiftlik evi was phenomenal and both … Continue reading

Posted in On Islam and Muslims, Puppets on the move around the world, Turkish Controversies, Visits from the Karagöz puppets | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 8 Comments

Turkey’s today, in a taxi


Yehuda Rebbe, the quiet observer, steps up to the first base of my mind and corrects me before I even tell the story. “She says Turkey, and indeed we found the update on Turkey there in the taxi – but … Continue reading

Posted in Puppets on the move around the world, Visits from the Karagöz puppets | Tagged , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Turkey for Thanksgiving – or – Dinner with Donkeys in Dipkarpaz


I had to make the joke. Karagöz the trickster puppet – and fan of bad jokes – has been bugging me for weeks to do so.  “If you are really going to make the trek to Cyprus for Thanksgiving, you’d … Continue reading

Posted in Puppets on the move around the world, Turkish Controversies, Turkish Food!, Visits from the Karagöz puppets | Tagged , , , , , , , | 10 Comments