Of Wine, Myriads, and Ten Thousand Scorpions
Drinking a glass of wine from Taman—the peninsula that pokes out of the Russian coast…
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A Hill Made of Houses
So where were those terracotta animals from the last post actually found? Here, at Dilkaya…
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An Ottoman Echo in the Culinary Code
Serbs will tell you with considerable pride about their heroic resistance and their eventual deliverance…
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Secret Art Istanbul: The Museum in the Dockyards
Most residents of Istanbul, and most inquisitive visitors, know the museum of contemporary art Istanbul Modern at…
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Compliance à la Turque: The Linguistic Angle
I am sitting through a compliance training in Turkish and catch myself thinking that this…
