Erman & Jim

Yemek çok güzeldi, parmaklarımı yedim.

---

March 21st 2008
"How do you say 'Afiyet olsun' in English?" somebody on campus recently asked me. "We don't" I replied, "but perhaps we can start using 'Afiyet olsun.'" (For you native English speakers, that's "Ah-fee-yet ol-sun." Say this to people you are eating with or preparing food for. It means something like "Bon apetit.") Last weekend, I heard "Afiyet olsun" so much that my ears were ringing, during ... read more

Middle East » Turkey

---

Modern Turkey was founded in 1923 from the Anatolian remnants of the defeated Ottoman Empire by national hero Mustafa KEMAL, who was later honored with the title Ataturk, or "Father of the Turks." Under his authoritarian leadership, the country adopt... ... read more