Exploring the culture, history, and cuisine of Turkey through the eyes of not-just-another-tourist
Due to some of the personal email responses I received from this blog post, I have updated the post. First, is my personal experience in Ankara, which may be useful to both Turks and expats here in Turkey. Second, is some helpful information for foreigners and Americans when dealing with shipping in the U.S. In... Continue Reading →
UPDATE: For more recent information, please also read, "Mission Accomplished! How to Register a Foreign Mobile Phone in Turkey. (March 2015.) UPDATE - April 2017 - Since I find that I get a lot of questions in comments that have already been answered in the more recent blog post (linked above) - I will no... Continue Reading →
Each time I visit Germany, I find something I have really never seen before - nothing like I have seen before! This time it was the bread machine at the market. Freshly baked bread from a machine! I have no idea how it works. Do they bake it and then put it in the machine?... Continue Reading →
If you are looking for the definitive answer as to whether or not there is a God, look no further!! (Because I have absolutely no idea and can't answer that for you!) I believe in God. Yes, I do. As I have mentioned before in earlier posts, I was raised Catholic and I still am... Continue Reading →
After yesterday's post, Foreign cell phone registration in Turkey, the following information was shared by one of my reader's, Jeremy. I noticed this posted in the local tax office here in Istanbul and so snapped a picture to save it for the future. So hopefully that helps provide at least a partial answer. My experience... Continue Reading →
There have been many questions about Turkey's new law on cell phone registration. In a recent article at Today's Zaman, Berk Cektir attempts to explain it: According to a new law, you must now pay a TL 100 registration fee on all cell phones purchased abroad and brought into Turkey. . . It is... Continue Reading →
Musings of a Philadelphia lawyer - who married a Turk, quit her day job, and set out for adventure!
-by Terry Henson Kaymak
Adventures in Ankara 