Turkey

On the way to Ortaköy

by rosedeniz January 3, 2010 Turkey

Tweet This morning I boarded a bus in Izmit to cross a continent* to walk past Çırağan Palas where there was no one on the street save for a few couples and men pushing carts, where after leaving Beşiktaş only a block or two down the road on my way to Ortaköy there was a fire […]

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Crafting personal geography

by rosedeniz December 20, 2009 art

Tweet This week at expat+HAREM I ask: how does one’s worldview literally shift as a result of location? Mapping the Imagination is about the lure of the world, what it means to unravel one’s past while charting the future through unknowns, and how new perspectives shape the paths we are on.   16th c. Ottoman map My first […]

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Wiring issues

by rosedeniz September 23, 2009 nesting

Tweet Today I am using the oldest ever Nokia in Turkey while my one-year old cell phone is getting serviced. In the meantime, my computer decided to crash while doing Auto Update (what’s the point of this function if it only causes mid-week distress?), which means victory points for my darling husband who hates Apple. […]

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Why are you here?

by rosedeniz September 25, 2008 Turkey

Tweet Allow me to indulge in a little brooding. I rarely do this in my blog, and truth be told, probably have not made a post without a cheerful picture of some sort.* But I had an Unfortunate Experience with a fellow countrywoman yesterday, who asked me the very question my blog title poses, but […]

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