Signing at nikah

Turkish Wedding (Part 3) - Nikah

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January 16th 2011
Turkish Wedding (part 3) – Nikah - (pron: NEE-kya) We had to jump through a lot of hoops in order to get to our nikah (See Turkish Wedding parts 1 and 2), which perhaps made it feel somewhat like a prize we had earned. In spite of all the planning, however, it felt, and still feels, more like a dream or a movie I watched than a ceremony I participated in. Here's what I knew about th ... read more

Middle East » Turkey » Aegean » Pamukkale

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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