Tales from the Expat Harem

"In the academic/journalistic literature on Turkey it is not easy to come across personal stories. Amidst all the macro theories, political analyses, and sociological overviews, I would also recommend this book because it vividly brings out the voices of expat women in Turkey today. Some of them are married to Turkish men, some of them are working or raising their kids in Turkey, and some of them have travelled throughout the country and never forgotten their experience. Support Five Books Five Books interviews are expensive to produce. If you're enjoying this interview, please support us by donating a small amount . It is a colourful, humanistic and sincere collection of women’s voices. In this book you will find cultural, social and everyday life details you wouldn’t easily encounter within the confines of mainstream academic literature. Well, there are intriguing stories, such as how an American woman from Tennessee finds herself in a village in Anatolia and through the experience she has there with the locals, she connects back to her own childhood. There are lots of stories here. The cultural shocks but also the heart-warming connections built across cultures."