1 August 2006-MEDIA BISTRO

(An industry website for publishing and media professionals)

"From the Editors: Brooke Warner of Seal Press" by Rachel Kramer Bussel, an interview with the editor who acquired Expat Harem for Seal.

 6 June 2006- EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY's newspaper EASTERN ECHO

Bryan Smith, who spent some childhood years in Turkey, interviews editors.

May 2006- MYMERHABA

May/June 2006-PERCEPTIVE TRAVEL web magazine

(A web site for independent travelers with "the best travel stories from authors on the move" )

Perceptive Travel editor Tim Leffel gives EH's first North American Review.

"Tales from the Expat Harem is a lovingly produced book that probably gives a more rounded, fully fleshed-out view of Turkey than any book has managed before... [The] variety of place and experience allows a deeper look into the culture than could ever be managed by one writer or a group of travelers... The quality of the writing is uniformly high, however, despite the fact that many of the contributors were amateur writers coaxed--and carefully edited--by Ashman and Gökmen....For anyone who wants to get a real feel for what it's like to marry into a foreign culture, or to see how daily life works out while settling into another land, this is an engaging and masterful collection."  

Read Tim Leffel's 30 April blog account of his impressions of our Nashville event.

31 May 2006- REFERANS newspaper, business section

Elif Özmenek interviews editors at their tour finale event for Moon & Star Project's MayFest and discusses the potential positive benefit of EH for Turkey's foreign multinational businesses.

"Kitabın Amerika turu, Demet Sabancı [Çetindoğan], Ümit Boyner,  ve Arzuhan Yalçındağ gibi isimlerden destek bulmuş. Gökmen, önde gelen bu iş kadınlarının, kitabın şirketlerinin yurtdışı faaliyetlerinde halka ilişkiler konusunda kendilerine büyük katkısı olacağına inandıklarını vurguladı.

Amerika’da ise kitabın önemli bir potansiyeli var. Anastasia M. Ashman bu potansiyeli şöyle açıklıyor: “2002 yılında 10 milyondan az olan Türkiye’ye doğrudan yabancı yatırım, 2005 yılında 8 milyar dolara çıktı. Bu, ne kadar fazla sayıda Amerikan şirketinin Türkiye’ye açılma olanaklarını araştırmaya başladığının önemli bir göstergesi. Birçok Amerikan şirketi, üst düzey yöneticilerini İstanbul, İzmir, Adana, Kayseri, Bursa, Konya gibi farklı şehirlerdeki operasyonlarının başına geçmek üzere uzun bir süreliğine Türkiye’ye yolluyor. Bu kitap, ülkenin değişik yerlerinde uzun zaman yaşamış kadınların deneyimleri onlara sunarak, daha oralara gitmeden kafalarındaki kaygıları büyük ölçüde azaltıyor... Kitabın diğer bir amacı da bu endişeleri gidererek, iş adamlarını ailelerini de beraberinde Türkiye’ye götürmeye ikna etmek ve uzun dönemli, sağlıklı iş ortamının yaratılmasına destek vermek.”
 

29 May 2006- HÜRRİYET newspaper

Mehmet Y. Yılmaz finds EH stories as funny as Turkey's master satirist Aziz Nesin.

"Aziz Nesin öykülerine rahmet okutacak kadar komikti."

25 May 2006-- GALLEYCAT, Media Bistro's publishing industry blog

Ron Hogan's interview with editors from their April meeting in the 1930s humidor lounge of New York city's famous tobacconist, Nat Sherman.

25 May 2006-- VOICE OF AMERICA radio

Elif Özmenek interviews editors at their tour finale event for Moon & Star Project's MayFest.

22 May 2006- UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN WCBN 88.3 FM radio's TURKISH DELIGHT hour

Mehmet Karabıyık interviews editors 

17 May 2006- SAN FRANCISCO TURKISH RADIO HOUR (KUSF 90.3 FM)

Ahmet Toprak interviews editors to mark Turkish American Day

May 2006- TURKUAZ magazine, Issue 8

"While the title may shock the more conservative shelf browser, it will likely draw attention to what we find a worthwhile anthology of the transformative power of relationships across cultures...Interestingly, as Turkish tradition becomes a more predictable factor, with each passing story, we are less able to forecast how the immersion experience will affect the protagonist...the book flows and is often an effortless journey through historical sites illuminating interpersonal situations. "

29 April 2006-TURKISH TV HOUR

Serdar Acar interviewed the editors in Manhattan amid the tulip beds on Park Avenue.

Spring 2006- BOSPHORUS ART PROJECT, issue 5

Editors interviewed by Jennifer Chumbley Bal

14 April 2006- CNN TÜRK television

14 April 2006- SKYTÜRK television

14 April 2006- MEDYATAVA

14 April 2006- MYNET

"Türkiye'nin New York Kültür ve Turizm Ataşeliği tarafından Türkevi'nde düzenlenen toplantıya, başta Türkiye'nin New York Başkonsolosu Ömer Önhon, Kültür ve Turizm Ataşesi Meltem Önhon ve Konsolos Başmuavini Murat Ömeroğlu olmak üzere New York ve çevresinde yaşayan çok sayıda Türk ve Amerikalı katıldı.

Soru-cevap şeklinde geçen toplantı, yazarların, katılımcıların uzun bir kuyruk oluşturarak aldıkları kitapları imzalamalarının ardından bir resepsiyonla son buldu. " (Anadolu Ajansı)

14 April 2006- THE OREGONIAN, Baker's HotSheet

(Largest daily newspaper in the Pacific Northwest with a circulation of 333,515)

"The fascinating anthology... provides a smart look at different levels of Turkish society through the perspectives of a variety of women."

11 April 2006- WASHINGTON TIMES, OpEd

(US newspaper with circulation of 103,000)

"Building Bridges" by Tulin Daloglu

April 2006- THE WORLD & I

(An educational monthly online publication about politics,
science, culture, humanity, and more, written by scholars and experts. Over 10,000 schools subscribe.)

Excerpt of Annie Prior Özsaraç's Evil Eye Exorcism. Her tale is also part of the teacher's guide and is being used in American middle school instruction about world cultures.

3 April 2006-THE GLOBE AND MAIL, Travel Section

(Top Canadian newspaper with a circulation of 1.3 million)

April 2006-TALES FROM A SMALL PLANET, The Road Less Traveled column

(Website featuring expatriate experiences)

Abridged excerpt of Nancy Lunsford's Ankara's Fertile Ground.

April-September 2006- CORNUCOPIA MAGAZINE, Issue 35, Volume 6, Page 22

(The magazine for connoisseurs of Turkey, distributed in 50 countries)

"Taking to Turkey" book review by Maureen Freely,

author, journalist, and translator of Orhan Pamuk's books

"...insights from women who learn to read the cultural fine print...this is a noble effort. Valuable today as an antidote to bigotry, it will, I am sure, serve as an even more valuable corrective to the blinkered historians of tomorrow."

--Knight-Ridder syndication of Foreign Correspondence interview

"American woman finds Istanbul a true Turkish delight"

clip 1  Jennifer Eaton Gökmen| clip 2  Anastasia M. Ashman|

 clip 3  Katherine Belliel| clip 4 Kathleen Hamilton Gündoğdu |

(American Turkish Association of Washington DC's official newsletter)

(Writers' newsletter and website with 74,000 subscribers worldwide)

"Harem Girls for Sale" by Anastasia M. Ashman and Jennifer Eaton Gökmen