I am pretty sure that the state motto for West Virginia is “wild wonderful”.  I would like to suggest a motto for the country of Turkey: “weird wonderful.”  Now that I look back on the title, Quirky Turkey has a good ring to it, but Turks take themselves entirely too seriously to consider the genius [...]

Superstitions abound in every country on earth.  People have always looked to outside sources for signs that may help point the way.  Even religious folk, who don’t believe that we are wandering alone out here in the universe, sometimes seek guidance in everyday occurences.  We humans are just silly like that.  I mean, breaking [...]

The Turkish language has given birth to thousands upon thousands of proverbs. A great many of them seem to be a warning against behavior that is deemed unfit in the society. Greed, pride, jealousy, and sloth are just some of the targets that these proverbs aim to strike.
Turks see themselves as a very humble, [...]