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"Expatriates in
Turkey take up the pen to fight prejudice"
"Reminiscent of Lady Mary Wortley Montague's TURKISH EMBASSY LETTERS."
--Sirin Tekeli
"Daring and delightful."
"Funny, moving and
unusual."
--Patricia Linderman
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TALES FROM THE EXPAT HAREM in the media... EH Media Archives- 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 --22 December 2005- TURKUAZ
--18 December 2005- POSTA national daily newspaper "Aynaya bak ama, o gördüğün sen değilsin!" by Yazgülü Aldoğan
"Kitap beni derin düşüncelere daldırdı. Şair de boşuna dememiş, derya içinde olan deryanın kıymetini bilmez diye. İnsan, içinde yaşadığı ülkeyi bir yabancının gözüyle göremiyor elbet... Bize bakanlar nasıl görüyor, ne görüyor, neyi anlıyor, neyi yadırgıyor? Son yaşadığımız olaylar bağlamında düşündüğüm zaman yabancıların biz Türkleri nasıl gördüklerinin örneklerini taşıyan bu kitap, zengin ipuçları vermesi açısından da ilginç... Türkiye'ye geldiklerinde Türk olarak sadece merkezi görmüyorlardı. Onlar tıpkı Avrupa kentlerini dolduran milyonlarca taşralı Türkü daha önceden tanıdıkları gibi, Türkiye'deki Türklerin de İstanbul'un, Ankara'nın elit kesiminden ibaret olmadığını biliyorlardı... Ülkemize gelen 20 milyon turiste rağmen giderek yayılan içki yasakları, kızların başı örtülü okuyabilmesi için yasaları aşma manevraları, yükselen milliyetçilik akımları, laik - islamcı kavgalarıyla Türkiye mozaiği, ya da ebrusu, bizim için ürkütücü olsa da yabancı kadınlar için, hayret, başdöndürücü bir egzotizm içeriyor ve bu kitabın gülümseten yanı oluyor! İyi ve kötü yanlarımızla bir fotoğrafa bakmak için okumanızı tavsiye ediyorum!"
Fethiye Book Signing & Reception Coverage: --10 December 2005- Ece Sarayı Resort & Marina
Television Stations: NTV, Star TV, Fethiye Kanal F, FRT, Fethiye 21. Yüzyıl TV News Agencies: Anadolu Haber Ajansı, Doğan Haber Ajanı, Ihlas Haber Ajansı Newspapers: Milliyet, Star, Akşam, Batı Akdeniz, Bugün Websites: Fethiye Times
--1 December 2005- Yelkenli Gemi column by Islam Gemici
"TÜRKÇE SEVMEK yurdumuzun modern yüzünü tanıtıyor."
--December 2005- COSMOPOLITAN, pages 60 (Editor's message) & 440. (Turkish edition of Cosmopolitan women's magazine)
"Comic, romantic, and at the same time thought-provoking...Every one of these stories is worth reading."
Click on images to enlarge.
--December 2005- AMONG WORLDS MAGAZINE
OFFICIAL TURKISH LAUNCH COVERAGE: --1 December 2005- MİLLİYET newspaper, page 24 (Milliyet is a leading Turkish national daily newspaper) "Bu bir 'gelin' kitabı değil!" ("This is not a 'foreign bride's' book!") by Sema Aslan. For images of coverage, click here.
"As you know, there are many
question marks about Turkey's image abroad in regards to women's rights
and equality; when these writers came to me, they said this book could
be used as a public relations tool for Turkey. I think this book will be
good for our country. This book shows that Turkey is not the dark
country everyone thinks it to be." --Arzuhan
Yalçındağ, Chairperson of the Executive Board of
Kanal D Television and
Doğan Holding Board Member
(pictured below between the two editors)
Yalçındağ,
"Kitabı yazan 7
farklı ülkeden kadınların ortak özellikleri burada yaşıyor olmaları. Kendi
tecrübelerini anlatmışlar. Biliyorsunuz, yurtdışında Türkiye'de kadın hakları ve
kadın erkek eşitliği ile ilgili pek çok soru işareti var; yazarlar bana
geldiklerinde, kitabın Türkiye'nin tanıtımı için kullanılabileceğini söylediler.
Ben de kitabın ülkemiz için yararlı olacağını düşünüyorum. Kitap, Türkiye'nin
zihinlerdeki o karanlık ülke olmadığını söylüyor"
dedi. Ashman ve Gökmen,
Türkiye'de yaşayan ve eşleri de Türk olan iki kadın yazar. Ashman 2 yıldır,
Gökmen 11 yıldır Türkiye'de yaşıyor.
--29 & 30 November 2005-
CNN TÜRK television, launch event coverage --30 November 2005- Bugün, launch event coverage --4 December 2005- Hürriyet GALA, launch event coverage
--26 November 2005- LAND OF LIGHTS, front page . (Fethiye, Turkey's English language newspaper)
--20 November 2005- CNN TÜRK Karalama Defteri (Turkey's CNN affiliate. Karalama Defteri with Doğan Hızlan and İhsan Yılmaz is an award-winning arts & culture program profiling the best-selling new books) Interview with İhsan Yılmaz on location at Expat Harem Bade Wine House reception.
--17 November 2005- Kanal 7 Haber Saati Interview with the editors in the cozy setting of Mavi Kum bookstore which aired on Channel 7's evening news hour.
--16 November 2005-Mymerhaba.com (Turkey's #1 multilingual website for expatriates) Review of Expat Harem's growing media buzz.
--5 November 2005- HÜRRİYET newspaper, page 5. (HURRIYET is currently Turkey's #1 national daily newspaper) Third of a series of articles on Expat Harem by Sefa Kaplan. For images of coverage, click here.
--4 November 2005- YENİ HARMAN newspaper, page 17. (YENİ HARMAN is a national monthly newspaper focused on politics and fringe issues) "Türkiye kalıcı dövme gibi". (Turkey is Like a Permanent Tattoo") by Pelin Gokmen. For images of coverage, click here.
--4 November 2005- HÜRRİYET newspaper, page 5. (HURRIYET is currently Turkey's #1 national daily newspaper) Second of a series of articles on Expat Harem by Sefa Kaplan. For images of coverage, click here.
--3 November 2005- HÜRRİYET newspaper, front page and page 5 (HURRIYET is currently Turkey's #1 national daily newspaper) First of a series of articles on Expat Harem by Sefa Kaplan. For images of coverage, click here.
--3 November 2005- CUMHURİYET newspaper's Book section (KİTAP) (CUMHURİYET is currently Turkey's leading political/economic national daily newspaper) For image of coverage, click here.
--2 November 2005- CNN TURK, BeşN BirK (5N1K)- LEAD STORY (Turkey's CNN affiliate. BeşN BirK with Cüneyt Özdemir is a nightly prime-time news program) Interviewed from the historical setting of the Yeditepe Zindanları ottoman dungeons. Video clip coming soon...
Editors with presenter Cüneyt Özdemir --November 2005- CHAT, pages 40 & 42 (HSBC Turkey's member magazine) "Ayna, Ayna" by Cesi Mizrahi.
--October 2005- DIPLOMAT, News section, page 17. (Turkey's English language monthly magazine for the foreign service community) For images of coverage, click here.
--23 October 2005- RADİKAL, Hayat Bağları column, page 2. (National daily newspaper) "Göbek atmanın sonu hep halvet midir?" by Nur Çintay.
--18 October 2005- THE NEW ANATOLIAN (Turkey's #2 national English language daily newspaper) Click here for the interview by Irazca Geray
---17 October 2005- KANAL D, TULUHAN/BU SABAH program (One of Turkey's leading national stations. TULUHAN/BU SABAH is a morning news and talk show)
Editors with producer Eda Köprü and cameraman ---14 October 2005- CNN TURK, AFİŞ- - LEAD STORY (Turkey's CNN affiliate. AFİŞ with Güner Özkul is a nightly prime-time culture and arts program) Live interview at the Istanbul Book Fair. Video clip coming soon...
Editors with presenter Güner Özkul --11 October 2005- SOKAKTA.COM, feature story on homepage and daily scoop member-mail (Sokakta is Istanbul's urban arts and entertainment guide)
--8 October 2005- SABAH, Book Fair Extra, pages 20 & 21. (SABAH is currently Turkey's #3 national daily newspaper) For images of coverage, click here.
--4 October 2005- TEMPO, Book Fair Extra, pages 23 & 30. (National newsweekly magazine)
--4 October 2005- YENİ AKTUEL, page 100. (National newsweekly magazine)
--3 October 2005- AKSİYON, pages 76 & 77. (National newsweekly magazine)
**FIRST TURKISH REVIEW** --3 October 2005- HÜRRİYET newspaper's Pazar Keyif Kitap (book review) section, page 14. "Modern Lady Montagues Explain Turkey" (HURRIYET is currently Turkey's #1 national daily newspaper)
(click on image to enlarge) --September 2005- TIME OUT ISTANBUL September issue, page 44 "Harem Girls Reveal It All". (The Istanbul edition of the international city guide franchise TIME OUT) "The country's freshest expatriate literature is showcased in [these] true tales of tribulation, triumph and assimilation by foreign women in Turkey."
(click on image to enlarge) --27 September 2005- LAND OF LIGHTS, front page and page 2. (Fethiye, Turkey's English language newspaper)
--27 September 2005- Mymerhaba.com "What's Up in Istanbul" member e-mailing. (Turkey's #1 multilingual website for expatriates)
Geschichten von Expat Harem: Auslaenderinnen in der modernen Türkei. Das Buch in englischer Sprache, das von Doğan Verlag veröffentlicht wurde, ist im Buchhandel. Autorinnen: Anastasia M. Ashman und Jennifer Eaton Gökmen. Die türkische Edition (Türkçe Sevmek: Türkiye'de Yaşayan Yabancı Kadınların Gözüyle Türkler) erschien mit einem Vorwort der bekannten türkischen Autorin Elif Şafak. Das Buch wird bald im Internet online angeboten.
--September 2005- THE GUIDE ISTANBUL, Turkish Delight Section, page 10. (One of a set of city-specific English language guides by APA publishing about Turkey ) Publication announcement. --23 September 2005- TURKISH DAILY NEWS, Features Section, page 13. (Turkey's #1 national English language daily newspaper) "Foreigners living in Turkey will want to buy this new book". For images of coverage, click here.
--20 August 2005- NRC HANDELSBLAD, pages 14 and 15
--June 2005- PUBLISHING TRENDS June issue, pages 4 and 5.
Publishing Trends calls Tales from the Expat Harem "an impressive anthology" and notes that "as Turkey continues to knock on the door of the EU, [these women] lead the way in reconciling the many conflicts and misunderstandings between east and west."
--1 April 2005- THE GUIDE ANKARA's annual edition, page 10. (One of a set of city-specific English language guides by APA publishing about Turkey ) Project announcement. For images of coverage, click here.
--20 March 2005- SABAH newspaper's AKTUEL section, pages 1 and 14 (click here for main article, sidebar 1, sidebar 2). (SABAH is currently Turkey's #3 national daily newspaper) An update about the project and highlight on specific contributors. For images of coverage, click here.
--14 February 2005-NEWSWEEK magazine international edition
--1 February 2005-YENİ HARMAN newspaper, page 22 (YENI HARMAN is a bi-weekly Turkish newspaper covering politics and fringe culture)
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