Mutlu and I drink some şalgam

After today’s walk I met with one of my Osmaniye friends, İlgi, her colleague Dilara, and Dilara’s husband Mutlu. The three of them decided they needed to test my şalgam-drinking skills. Şalgam is big in the Mersin-Adana-Osmaniye area. It is a...

Yusuf has yet another question

Yusuf had yet another question for me, and no, this time it would not do to just stand at his desk and ask. Photo courtesy of İlgi Çelik.

Probably talking to Yusuf

Yusuf had so many questions. Any platform from which to work the room. In other words, a kindred spirit. Photo courtesy of İlgi Çelik.