Anyone with the slightest appreciation of irony would smirk knowing that many prisons around the world that were closed down because of overcrowding and human-rights abuses have reopened as posh... Read more >>

Recently, I returned from a two-week trip to Istanbul, Turkey, one of the designated European Capitals of Culture for 2010. I’ll admit that I had no idea what this meant, though I felt pretty... Read more >>

I got an email from Pelin Tufekci last night, a lovely young lady I met while living in Istanbul, Turkey. It is almost five years to the day that I arrived in Istanbul after a twenty-four-hour... Read more >>

Don’t ask that, what is your problem, don’t ask Come and see my situation and understand My inside burns slowly slowly If she says “die” I will die for her Love her much,... Read more >>

I once prided myself for having tear ducts of steel. I was the only kid on my block who could watch Bambi without bawling; Beaches made me snicker. Graduation. Weddings. Break-ups. Disappointments. I... Read more >>