A caller shares colorful expressions from her Texas-born mother, including turkey tail and I’m gonna snatch you bald-headed. She also wonders why her mother says bread and butter every time they’re walking together and an object in their path makes...
deep state n.— «Outside, thousands gathered with banners proclaiming solidarity with the dead Turkish-Armenian writer: “We are all still Hrant Dink”; “We want to see justice done.” Many Turks are convinced that a so-called “deep state”—a network of...
international residential tourism n.— «“For instance, while the number of British settlers in Turkey is around 8,000 according to EGM figures, what we estimate looking at the inflow and outflow of pensions in British is that this number is actually...
false flag n.— «The betting among spy buffs is that Asgari was recruited in what’s known as a “false flag” operation. His handlers may be Israelis posing as officers of another intelligence service, perhaps even during the debriefing. Such...
voting tourism n.— «The major problem concerns the thousands of Turks with Bulgarian citizenship who live or work in Turkey and have a double citizenship. Some refer to the phenomenon as “voting tourism” because of the buses from Turkey, of which...
Arizona pinstriping n.— «Character marks huh. I have a good rash of Arizona Pinstriping down both sides from wheeling on Turkey day. Went yesterday and kissed some rocks with the front bumper.» —“Winter driving and my Tundra’s first “character...
