I was so ready to keep up last week’s momentum — I visited four different sites in three days — but instead I got a cold and have been out of the house only once since last Friday. Ugh.
On the up side, I’ve had more time to work on a paper revision due at the [...]
Entries from March 2008 ↓
Sick for a week
March 20th, 2008 — Research in Turkey
An early morning with Osman, Sheik Edebali, and the Mufti
March 16th, 2008 — Research in Turkey
The bus dropped me off in Bilecik at 5:30 AM, a wee bit early for my 9:00 AM meeting. I hung out at the bus station for a few minutes and then walked out to the main road, which overlooked a valley. I thought I would wait around till sunrise and take some pictures, but [...]
Overnight trip to Bilecik, birthplace of the Ottomans
March 11th, 2008 — Research in Turkey
I’m taking an overnight bus to Bilecik to interview the mufti there. Bilecik is one of the smallest provinces in Turkey, but the mufti has been the mufti of Istanbul, Ankara, and Diyarbakir, and a vice president at the Diyanet, so I’m looking forward to learning about his experiences. (I probably won’t bring up why [...]
Such a perfect day
March 9th, 2008 — Turkey
Oh man, was today ever nice. Last week was long and tiring (which is why I didn’t blog at all) with 8 hours on the road both Tuesday and Wednesday to get to interviews outside Istanbul; then I had a proposal due at the end of the week.
But today I just relaxed. The weather was [...]