Travel Series

By Neriman K., PhD on June 23, 2020 ( 4 Comments )

The Story of How I Didn’t Become a Millionaire yet Had the Trip of a Lifetime| Guest Post

Editor’s note: Reading Under the Olive Tree‘s first guest post takes us to Cape Town, South Africa. Currently, most of us are feeling stuck and craving travel. Although cities around […]

By Neriman K., PhD on July 30, 2019 ( 12 Comments )

Istanbul, Not Constantinople… ?

.. I’m from Istanbul. No, really. Originally. My great-great-great-great x great grandparents had been Ottomans. I don’t know what ethnicity, but yes, Istanbulites. No, not Arabs. Rums, you say? Maybe. I’ve always suspected that. No, not Armenian. But maybe.