Inna Broke My Heart!

INNA - an amazing Romanian dance singer was supposed to be giving on concert in Ankara on February 27th at Dib Sahne. Natalie, James, Caitlin and I bought tickets and were ready for possibly one of the best pop/dance concerts of our lives. . . but were sorely disappointed. The concert was supposed to begin at 21.30 and we were ready and waiting but soon 10 o'clock passes, then 11, then 12....we left a little after 1 a.m. after devouring several drinks, but never actually seeing Inna perform!! I wish I knew Romanian just so I could write some extensive hate mail! WHY INNA, Why?



None-the-less we still had the time of our lives, obvi.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zr_c5rqvSg4

Türk Kahvesi

How to Make Turkish Coffee eHow.com

Two weekends ago I was invited to brunch at the home of one of the Turkish women I work with - Elif. She is a fabulous person who has helped me out so much since I've been in Turkey and her family is wonderful as well! After brunch she was kind enough to show me the ways in making Turkish Coffee (Turk Kahvesi) -- Don't forget to let it boil 3 times!

March 4, 2010 - US Congress votes to classify "Armenian Genocide"

TURKEY RECALLS AMBASSADOR AFTER US VOTE ON ARMENIA 'GENOCIDE':
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_america/article7050439.ece

TURKEYTHREATENS 'SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES' AFTER US VOTE ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/mar/05/turkey-us-vote-armenian-genocide

Norman Stone is a prominent British academic, currently a member of the faculty of the department of International Relations at Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey. Former professor at Oxford and lecturer at Cambridge, adviser to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, prize-winning author, and a leading public intellectual in the UK and Europe, Stone is one of the world's foremost historians writing in the English language.

BAD THINGS HAPPEN WHEN EMPIRES FALL: Harking back to Armenia in 1915 will only drive modern Turkey into China's arms.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article7053138.ece