This is a great topic. I just finished Yasar Kemal's Memet my Hawk and now want to read more of his work. I also just finished Orhan Pamuk's Snow, My Name is Red and am now reading New Life. It is good to read authors from different regions. I'd like to read more contemporary Turkish authors and am happy this topic is going.Hopefully it will continue.

Absolutly NOT! I've seen too many young women in the US fall for this, only to be left after the bloom has left the rose. They are then older, childless, husbandless and sad.

Family is very important. One should look for familial compatability. Look for someone who knows what they want and can commit to it.

How many old lonley people there are here in the US. They have no family. It's very sad. I'm afraid it will only get more tragic as things progress this way.


A life partner relationship is not an easy endeavor and making a real commitment helps it through the hard and difficult times. If you have the additional blessing of your familys, they will help.