And you know what they say about big feet.... big feet, big shoes. Man, those Kurdish men have some big shoes!

hava - weather

My boyfriend used to ring me with a payphone on the army-base, I would see the number in the window of my cellphone. I would go straight to my house phone and enter the number there, calling him back straight away Sometimes I would call back to slow and have some unexpecting Turkish soldier on the other end of the line

I don´t know if the phones on your bf´s army-base also show their number when you are called. Otherwise, he just has to save money for the phone

I don´t remember... I just remember the laughs

I get a lot of laughs in Turkey... I have a bit of a lisp, which gets worse when I´m tired... Very funny, laugh at the girl who makes s and þ sound the þame

I checked the United Nations numbers (2007 human development report, so it´s data of 2006) and they do stack up I happen to be writing on this topic, so that´s why I have those numbers lying around!

The problem with women working, and the numbers is always that a LOT of work of women is not registered. And the numbers of the UN, World Bank, or any other organization are usually just the official numbers.

I think more women should not work to drive economic growth. Giving this as a reason doesn´t change the way people look at women. I think an important reason is to get some indepence. Part-time work should be a good solution!

this just reminds me of people laughing at me when I said yok problem... I don´t think I´ll ever learn Turkish if people keep laughing at me

Don´t forget that untill 1991, using the Kurdish language was banned in Turkey. That´s not that long ago! It was even in my lifetime, and I´m as young as a spring blossom

When I talk to people in Turkey, I still notice a lot of racism. I´m getting bored and irritated about it. I have some Kurdish friends, and they are great people. But strangly enough, I´ve also been on the other side My partner is Zaza (google it) and he speaks Zaza and Kurdish, but looks Turkish (whatever that means). We were visiting a touristic place in Turkey, and we were already dressed up for dinner. And there were some Kurdish kids, talking bad about us in Kurdish. Something in the lines of "Look at that slick Turkish guy. He thinks he´s all that with his suit, and his girlfriend. He should just ´bleeeeep´ off" on which my partner replied, in Kurdish "Really, you think I should ´bleeeep´ off?" Shock on the faces of the boys, and they ran away

The only thing I seem to notice about Kurdish culture is bigger families. It´s hard for me to see from the outside what is Kurdish, what is Turkish, what is Arabic, and what is any other kind of culture that can be found in Turkey. It all mixes and blurs at some point. Oh, and I notice the music and dancing ofcourse

 aha, so in Arabic it sounds like Ramdan, I was right  I love it when I´m right

Pfff... I had too much to eat.. I need to buy some new pants, the stretchy kind 

listening to a podcast of radio 1, chris moyles