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My National Geographic Adventure Blog Post – Skiing Turkey: Backcountry Gear...

Skiing Turkey: Backcountry Gear for Breaking the Snow Ceiling Posted by Cat Jaffee of National Geographic Young Explorer on March 27, 2013 (0) Share on email More » Photography by Cat Jaffee I live in...

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God Pities the Foreigner

I am a foreigner. I was born and raised in the US, I immigrated to Turkey when I was 21 and I have since fallen in love with the country and stayed. I worked hard to learn the language. When I arrived,...

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Why I Don’t Want To Give My TEDx Talk

There are the classic reasons why I don’t want to give my TEDx talk: public speaking is terrifying, traveling to the venue and preparing takes a lot of time away from my work, and the whole process is...

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Just Sit Down And Suit Up

This is a story I understand both completely and… not really at all.  It goes against my principles to tell it…but also to keep it quiet. It was just too weird but also just another chapter in the...

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Kars’ Secret

Kars has a secret. Walk to the Police Station near the west end of town, past the security, up the stairs, take a right, walk three offices down and through the entrance marked “Yabanci Subesi.”  The...

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Italy Has The God Father. Kars Has The Cheese Shops.

When I reach my lowest of lows – when times are so tough that the greatest solutions I can think of involve the characters of a Lyle Lovett song with a twist – a horse, a boat, and Muhammad Yunus  –...

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How Much Do We Have To Change Ourselves In Order To Make A Change In The World?

Yesterday, I applied to become a Turkish citizen. And it didn’t work. Even after five years of living in Turkey, I still don’t quite qualify. Though many of my neighbors speak about me like they do...

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“They took all the trees, Put ‘em in a tree museum”– NOT ANYMORE IN TURKEY:...

They took all the trees Put ‘em in a tree museum * And they charged the people A dollar and a half just to see ‘em … Not anymore in Turkey. A series of protests over the demolishing of Gezi Park, a...

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Goodbye…And Then… What?

Yesterday, I made a big announcement. It resulted in a slew of incredibly heartfelt messages from my friends, and the constant repeat play of this terrible song… that I don’t think I ever want to hear...

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Why I Spent So Much Time on Facebook

I am about to stop using Facebook. And not because it is bad. Quite the opposite, actually. When I moved to Turkey five years ago, the smartphone was a prototype, I used a phone card to call friends...

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