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"Reminiscent of Lady Mary Wortley Montague's TURKISH EMBASSY LETTERS."
--Sirin Tekeli
"Brilliantly woven, laugh-out-loud funny."
--THE GUIDE ISTANBUL
"Everyone should read this book!"
--SKYTURK TV
"An exhilarating journey."
--Ebru Keni
"Daring and delightful."
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Ellen Boneparth
"A million dollar
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-- Nazire Kalkan
"Funny, moving and
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--Nicole Pope
"Insightful."
--Tony Wheeler
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TALES FROM THE EXPAT
HAREM in the media...
EH Media Archives- 2008
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2005
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Media
Highlights
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Watch video
footage of SKYTURK HABER ÖTESİ WITH SEDEF KABAŞ
clip 1 Jennifer
Eaton Gökmen|
clip 2 Anastasia
M. Ashman|
clip 3
Katherine
Belliel|
clip 4
Kathleen
Hamilton Gündoğdu
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Listen to an
MP3 audio clip of
interview on
University
of San Francisco's KUSF FM 90.3
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November 2007-
TRT Radyo Television magazine, pages 24-29
(In-house and sector
magazine for state broadcasting company TRT)
"Jennifer Gökmen ile Sınır
Tanımayan Aşklar Üzerine Türkçe Sevmek Başkadır"
(pages 24-27) by Aynur Çelikcan
Interview with coeditor
Gökmen about Expat Harem and life in Turkey
(click on images to
enlarge)
"Türkiye'nin Yabancı
Gelinleri, Damatları Uzaklardan 'Bir Yar Gelir Bizlere'"
(pages 28-29) by Aynur Çelikcan
Coverage of Gökmen's
traveling talk show on TRT, 'Bir Yar gelir Bizlere'
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2 August 2007-
THE GULF TODAY
(A national
English-language daily based in the United Arab Emirates popular
with the region’s large expatriate population)
Book review by
Muhammad Yusuf
"Tales for Today:
The West is East and the East is West if you know how to look "
“A rip-roarer
of a guide to understanding Eastern and Western social values. It is
a travelogue of lessons...an invaluable companion for the person who
is concerned with the battle between the West and East...precious
insights...an amazingly useful reverie on the relationship between
the sexes... For those willing to look beyond Turkey and its foreign
women expats, it also has a larger lesson. It is one of
accommodation between the Eastern and Western cultures.”
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July/August 2007-WRITERS'
JOURNAL: THE COMPLETE WRITERS' MAGAZINE
(Magazine for freelancers, published authors, teachers/instructors
of English and creative writing, public relations specialists,
editors, publishers, public speakers, screenwriters, and business
writers. Circulation 25,000.)
Article by EH
Editors "How to
Create a Successful Anthology: Advice for Editors and Writers".
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Spring 2007- JOURNAL OF
MIDDLE EAST WOMEN'S STUDIES (JMEWS), Book Review
(the official publication of
the Association of Middle East Women's
Studies--a cutting edge international and multidisciplinary
organization)
Naming
EH "a supremely
feminine book",
reviewer
Ann Evans Larimore (Professor Emerita of geography and women's
studies at University of Michigan)
writes, "It can be
dipped into at any point, but there is a rhythm and progression to the
presentation of these episodes, so that reading them in sequence is not
only aesthetically pleasing but instructive... They have succeeded
amazingly well in realizing their conceptualization of this anthology...
Written with a sharp eye for telling small details, these stories can
provide many ethnographic insights... It’s a great (and instructive)
read! Don’t miss it.”
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22 April 2007- TRT
INTERNATIONAL
TELEVISION, BİR YAR
GELİR BİZLERE PROGRAM
(Turkey's state-owned
television station)
Entire 30 minute segment on
Jennifer Gökmen and her husband by interviewer Elizabeth Berent. |
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8 March 2007- 24 News, Prime
Time News at 18:00
(Turkey's newest national
news channel)
Editor Jennifer Gökmen and
contributor Katherine Belliel were interviewed by Fuat Kozluklu, and
reported in
Star newspaper. |
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5 March 2007- TRT2
TELEVISION,
RENGAHENK PROGRAM
(Turkey's state-owned
television station)
Interview by Evren Yiğit for
weekly prime time arts and culture talk show. |
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March 2007-
Anthologies Online
(Premier online
resource connecting writers with anthology editors)
Expat Harem editors profiled
as featured authors in March 2007 issue.
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18 February 2007- POSTA
GAZETESİ
Article by Yazgülü Aldoğan |
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January 2007-
The European Journal of
Turkish Studies
(An online review and
research instrument for social scientists studying contemporary Turkey)
Expat Harem listed as EJTS
recommended reading in the category of Turkish
Sociology, Anthropology, Ethnology |
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31 January 2007-
UK TELEGRAPH
(UK's top selling newspaper with a daily circulation of 901,000)
Book review by Jo Parfitt:
"This is not just another anthology by expat wives who long to get in
print. This is a wonderful book; beautifully written, thought-provoking
and inspiring. Every essay is spot on, literary and insightful. Grouped
into sections, they cover everything from relationships with Turks and
non-Turks to the food, the music, the humour and the passion. Be ready
to book a flight to Istanbul afterwards."
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24 & 25 January 2007- TODAY'S ZAMAN,
Expat Zone
(Turkey's newest English
daily)
Interview with editors by
Kathy Hamilton.
Part 1 and
Part 2. |
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20 January 2007- TODAY'S
ZAMAN,
Expat Zone
(Turkey's newest English
daily)
"Flattered"
- Excerpt of Louise Ruskin's Expat Harem Story |
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2 January 2007-
AKSİYON DERGİSİ
(National newsweekly magazine with circulation of 70,000)
"Türkiye’ye
‘Expatik’ Tanıtım" by Zafer Öztürk
"Şüphesiz expatlar Türkiye için birer tanıtım elçisi olabilir. Zira
hemen hepsi Türkiye’yi ve Türk kültürünü çok seviyor ve tanıtım için
büyük çaba harcıyor. Jennifer Gökmen, arkadaşı Anastasia Ashman ile
hazırladığı ‘Türkçe Sevmek’ kitabının tanıtımı için bir süre önce
düzenlediği Amerika turunda Türkiye’yi anlattı. İkilinin bu kişisel
çabası devletin ilgili kurumlarından gereken alakayı görmedi. Bu turda
en az 80 bin [sic]Amerikalı Türkiye ile ilgili doğru bilgiye sahip oldu
ve tatil planlarına Türkiye’yi de aldı." |
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