My students call me Hocam, pronounced hojam. It is hard to find a specific meaning for the word, as it...
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Turkey – Week 11
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Turkey – Week 11
My week as a tourist in Turkey is about over. Tomorrow, Roy heads back to Istanbul and then home the...
Turkey – Week 10
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Turkey – Week 10
This week brought a good deal of exciting travel around Turkey. I joined the third year ceramics students on a...
Turkey – Week 9
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Turkey – Week 9
My Silk Road travels continue with a visit to Bursa, known for its silk and silk trade. The city is...
Turkey – Week 8
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Turkey – Week 8
This week brought a couple surprises. One was from my students that brought a feast of Turkish food for class...
Turkey – Week 7
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Turkey – Week 7
This week was rather mundane – in the best sense of the word. One of the reasons I applied for...
Turkey – Week 6
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Turkey – Week 6
This was a remarkable week in many ways, although since I have arrived in Turkey, every week has been remarkable...
Turkey – Week 5, Part 2
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Turkey – Week 5, Part 2
Cappadocia is actually a region in Anatolia, made up of a number of small towns, not far from the city...
Turkey – Week 5
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Turkey – Week 5
These images may look like scenes from the Star Wars movie, and they are, as this area was used for...
Turkey – Week 4
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Turkey – Week 4
I had another interesting week in Eskisehir. I prepared for my class and did a demonstration of my canvas slump...
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