Archive • Netta in Turkey • Buttondown

November 25, 2021

Hello everyone, I know that it’s been a minute since I last wrote! The first trimester has been a bit of a whirlwind for me. I’ll try to do some brief...

New Beginnings, Part 2 (proofreading, dolmuşlar, and home cooking)

October 2, 2021

Tekrar merhaba, The Fulbright ETA program is in some ways very strict—I may not accept any other paid work, I may spend no more than 12 days outside of the...

New Beginnings, Part 1 (Alanya again, new digs, and a fresco or two)

September 27, 2021

Hello again from Trabzon! I’ll start with a little health update, which is that I’m over the tonsillitis! The healing saga wasn’t totally linear, because...

Welcome to Trabzon / Trabzon'a Hoş Geldiniz

September 6, 2021

Hi everyone! I‘ve arrived here in Trabzon after an exhausting 20-hour trip. I didn’t have any major transit issues (the Istanbul airport remains so large...

Saying Görüşürüz (and lots of photos)

Hello dear friends and family! With my departure in just a few days, I’ve been throwing a low-grade pity party 24/7 about leaving such beautiful people and...

Cappadocia and other tourism: photo dump

Hello friends, I haven’t been feeling the inspiration to write in the last while, but I’ve been wanting to and feeling like I should! I’m in full lockdown...

Her şey yolunda [Everything’s okay]

Hello hello, I know it’s been a while since my last dispatch and as such there are plenty of interesting things I could relate, but in the spirit of “done-...

February 22, 2021

Hello all, Today was my first day of teaching! I am teaching speaking/listening classes twice a week to pre-intermediate students. I spent my afternoons last...

In which God punishes me for trying to exercise; or, Time to open new doors

February 16, 2021

Dear photo requesters, I have passed the first tests of living here: I am fed and watered with a comfortable bed to sleep in; I engage in necessary commerce...

Turkish real estate

February 10, 2021

Hello all, I’ll start with how I’m feeling right now, which is a little bit burned out on the constant newness. It’s not that Turkey is so different from the...

February 6, 2021

Friends and family, Settle in; this is a long one. Antalya province is beautiful. Everything I’m going to say next is going to sound trite and commercial,...

Istanbul Airport

February 4, 2021

Hello all, Just a quick note to say that I have arrived in Turkey! I’m at a hotel in the Istanbul airport and will fly to Alanya tomorrow morning. My flights...

Vis-à-vis Visa

January 16, 2021

Hello good people, The short story: Due to a miscommunication between Fulbright and the Consulate, I was issued an incorrect visa, but should hopefully be...

Chi-town B.C. (Before Consulate)

January 4, 2021

Hello fellow midwesterners (and others), Two things have become very clear to me in the last 24 hours: (1) I have never had to apply for a visa before, and...

Hoş Geldiniz to a newsletter

December 29, 2020

Hello newsletter version of the instagram 'close friends' list, After some reflection and discussion, it seems like the time has come to join that grand...