Karen Phillips

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The Antidote to Purple Prose

In case my somewhat purple prose spouting about the joys of hanging around in Aegean Turkey is turning anyone’s stomach here is a slight reality check on the joys of running a renovation project.  This is also aimed at those people who think we live…
  • The Antidote to Purple Prose

Ham Sandwiches & Chandeliers

When I returned to Turkey this evening a crescent moon was hanging over Kusadasi harbour, a fragrant mist of woodsmoke and grilling fish scented the air and the temperature was 15 degrees warmer than that of London which I had left 4 hours earlier with…
  • Ham Sandwiches & Chandeliers

Stone Houses

I was born and brought up in Pembrokeshire, about as far west as Wales goes, and our houses are stone and strong and turn their pine ends to the gales sweeping in from the Irish Sea.  The first house I ever owned was stone, with…
  • Stone Houses

The Dillek Millipark

We have decided that we need to give ourselves one day off a week.  We need to get away from the project and do other things.  Because otherwise we are boring, obsessed people who have very limited conversation in social settings and not everyone wants…
  • The Dillek Millipark

Bring on the New

Following on from the Turkish desire for all things modern is the Turkish dislike for all things old. Not ancient old, which is Antik and therefore valuable in a monetary sense and protected by law and common sense, but just old, Eski, which is considered…
  • Bring on the New

Amazing New Gadgets!

The cay house is the first port of call of visiting buyers for the village produce.  It is also the parking place for the trucks of the travelling traders who sell lentils and household goods, repair agricultural machinery and demonstrate new and amazing must have…
  • Amazing New Gadgets!

A Taste of Rustic Italy in Kusadasi

Last night we found the most amazing little Italian restaurant. Opposite the Charisma Hotel in Kusadasi and just up from the famous Anteple Restaurant is The Spaghetti House – a tiny little speciality restaurant with only six gingham covered tables and hosts who love the…
  • A Taste of Rustic Italy in Kusadasi

Finding Peace

It doesnt take a lot to make a Turkish person happy. The other day we were exploring and got lost on the road to Iassos.  We drove up hairpin bends and through forests of mighty fir trees with truly scarey drops on the other side…
  • Finding Peace

Seker Bayram 2006

All last week was the buildup to Bayram, the “candy” celebration at the end of Ramazan.  There was a palpable air of excitement among the village children and certain air of “not enough time left” amongst the women. Fortunately we chose this week to demolish…
  • Seker Bayram 2006

“A Wife is Like the Jandarma in your Bed”

“A Wife is Like the Jandarma in your Bed” So says Sezai who is looking for a wife to curb his more unruly impulses and keep him on the straight and narrow. Sezai is any age between 48 and 68 (various ages have been put…
  • “A Wife is Like the Jandarma in your Bed”
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