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Posted by on Mar 30, 2025 in Blog | 0 comments

The Other Side of Perspective

 

 

THE OTHER SIDE

I think it’s important to look back on all of our lives and think of the wonderful people who changed us, and taught us, and gave us extraordinary perspectives, almost entirely for the better. This is purely a guess, but I suspect many of us will admit the most surprising benefits and broader horizons were often, not from those shallow spaces we grew up with or would have expected, but from people and places far away that we did not expect.

In 1994, I walked into the Turkish Embassy in Washington DC  thinking I had no shot at a job opening for a writer-editor position working for a country I really didn’t know that much about.

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Posted by on Sep 3, 2024 in Blog | 0 comments

Where East Meets West (1999)

 

 

EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY: WHERE EAST MEETS WEST (1999)

This is one of my favorite photos of Marieta and I together. We’d been married for about 7 years when this was taken. The picture was snapped 25 years ago this week, during one of our visits to Turkiye.

September 1999: It was the perfect trip. The perfect vacation. The perfect boat ride. The perfect sundown. The perfect, well — everything.

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Posted by on Mar 31, 2024 in Blog | 0 comments

Every Picture Tells a Story: Turkish Embassy — Washington, DC (1996)

 

 

EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY:
TURKISH EMBASSY — WASHINGTON, DC (1996)

Today, the Turkish national elections are happening. This seems like a good day to remember old times. Though he’s been popular for many years, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan now faces a tough re-election. Erdogan is also scheduled to visit the United States next month, which should be interesting.

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