

Turkish UpbringingThe Meaning of a Turkish UpbringingTurkish Upbringing
I was born in Chicago to a Turkish mother and a European father. My parents divorced and I lived with my father. We moved around a lot, I remember, and it was rare that I saw my mother. Regardless, my mother had a huge hand in sculpting me. Before my parents were divorced it was my mother who “hogged me.” During those years of playing airplane on her knees and making sad monkey faces into happy ones, we formed a strong bond that neither distance nor absence could weaken. During those beginning years of my life and through contact later, my mother taught me of my royal Turkish blood and wh
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