Empty Nest Expat

My City of Joy movie posse, Ladies from Global Minds and Istanbook book clubs here in Istanbul What a powerful evening last night...

Ozgecan Aslan Last week, a bright, beautiful 20-year-old Turkish university student named Ozgecan Aslan was the last person on her s...

"Everyday Five Women Are Killed through Domestic Violence" Yesterday was so delightful. The enormity of Eve Ensler's ima...

Today is the big day! Eve Ensler, the creator of the Vagina Monologues (which has raised $80 million for domestic violence charities gl...

Today brings the sad news that the Turkish police have found the body of American tourist Sarai Sierra , 33, from New York City. May she res...

I didn't get to blog as much as I wanted last year because I devoted many hours of my time to learning Turkish. Still, I increased my nu...

Istanbul cast of the 2012 English-language version of "The Vagina Monologues"  What a delight it was to gather one last ti...