On Winter, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire & Home

December 2, 2019March 2, 2021 Neriman K., PhD

This is home too, from which I’m writing a thank you letter to Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, I suppose? Who would have thought? Continue reading On Winter, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire & Home

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Istanbul, Not Constantinople… ?

July 30, 2019June 23, 2020 Neriman K., PhD

.. 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. Continue reading Istanbul, Not Constantinople… ?