ISTANBUL – I‘ve always been a person who was afraid to meet people. I always thought they wouldn’t...
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Finding so much in common and why I’ll never eat Iranian...
ISTANBUL – My Turkish friend İpek Eser and I were getting simit, a bread in the shape of a circle...
Visiting religious sites as a non-believer
ISTANBUL – I grew up in a non-religious family and consider myself a non-believer, yet visiting...
Happy Thanksgiving from our table to yours!
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The sweet scoop, from an island ice cream vendor
Büyükada, Prince’s Islands, TÜRKIYE – The streets of Istanbul are filled with small ice cream...
YJI’s conference in Istanbul taught me to dare
ISTANBUL – When my editor at Youth Journalism International first approached me about taking part...