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Carpetblog Guide to Surviving Total Confinement
Posted Mar 22, 2020 at Carpetblogger
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Night Slugs
Regular readers know that, over the past four years, members of my household and I have gone to war with various kinds of vermin: Cockroaches... Continue reading
Posted Mar 22, 2020 at Carpetblogger
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Are You Going To Kazbegi?
You certainly should! Carpetblogger and the Beirut Correspondent headed up to the Caucasian village in Georgia two summers ago and had a great time hiking... Continue reading
Posted Mar 22, 2020 at Carpetblogger
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Tophane: Carpetdog Hot Spot
This is an interesting article about the historic Tophane area of Istanbul, which, the writer neglects to mention, is also prime Carpetdog habitat. Stage for... Continue reading
Posted Mar 22, 2020 at Carpetblogger
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Ask Carpetblogger: Can Sitting Under the AC Make You Sick?
It's a little known fact, but air conditioning is the leading cause of illnesses outside of North America. People in Turkey, for example, who are... Continue reading
Posted Mar 22, 2020 at Carpetblogger
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Another Insurmountable Cultural Obstacle Presented by Turkish Class
So, we were learning the grammar for "because of/as a result of/that's why." It's really important to understand the grammar because the word order might... Continue reading
Posted Mar 22, 2020 at Carpetblogger
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Ask Carpetblogger: Did The AC Poison You?
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that it was a very expensive fish dinner at Bebek Balikcisi, in Istanbul's yuppified... Continue reading
Posted Mar 22, 2020 at Carpetblogger
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It Takes a Village to Install a Klima
It's OK if you have concluded, based on this blog, that I am obsessed with AC (I like the Turkish word, klima, better, BTW). I... Continue reading
Posted Mar 22, 2020 at Carpetblogger
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Know Your Neighborhood Drummer
Helpful reader Bulent Murtezaoglu offers a valuable piece of pre-Bayram advice: Know your drummer! "He'll go door to door asking for money tomorrow. At least... Continue reading
Posted Mar 22, 2020 at Carpetblogger
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Drummer Accountability Project (DAP)
I've started a new NGO. It's called the Drummer Accountability Project. So far it has achieved measurable results: The drummers who asked me for money... Continue reading
Posted Mar 22, 2020 at Carpetblogger
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Deli Komsu: Mobilize the Yabanci Militia!
Posted Mar 22, 2020 at Carpetblogger
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Ask Carpetblogger: What's the Word for Cockroach in Turkish?
There's nothing better than a hamam on a cold Istanbul day after a long flight. Bad Zimbabwe juju can only be purged using the most... Continue reading
Posted Mar 22, 2020 at Carpetblogger
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A Bayram Visit to Cowshwitz
Posted Mar 22, 2020 at Carpetblogger
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R.I.P. July 4, 1995 - January 19, 2009
Posted Mar 22, 2020 at Carpetblogger
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Ask Carpetblogger: What are your options if your pet dies in Istanbul?
Posted Mar 22, 2020 at Carpetblogger
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Ask Carpetblogger: How Do I Smuggle Booze into Dry Countries?
There is an inverse relationship between the liklihood a place won't allow you to consume liquor and the liklihood you will desperately need to consume... Continue reading
Posted Mar 22, 2020 at Carpetblogger
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You Never Know. Blogging Might Become Cool Again
It could happen. Who would have ever thought Email newsletters would take off? Continue reading
Posted Aug 7, 2019 at Carpetblogger
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Ask Carpetblogger: What is Art?
Posted Dec 30, 2015 at Carpetblogger
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Which City is More Beautiful?
It's hard to make friends in a new country! So when we noticed that the convenience store around the corner from our flat has a... Continue reading
Posted Aug 25, 2015 at Carpetblogger
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Carpetblog Recommends: Nursever Döviz in Karaköy
Posted Jan 26, 2015 at Carpetblogger
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How do you know you haven't?
Commented Jan 6, 2015 on Dull is the New Exciting: Carpetblog Looks Ahead at Carpetblogger
Dull is the New Exciting: Carpetblog Looks Ahead
It's not like anyone writes Carpetblog anymore, or reads it, but ten years of reports from Crapistan seem worthy of a passing mention, right? Carpetblog was born this week in Baku, in 2004. The bigger news is that for the third time this decade, and eight years to the day since my arrival in Ist...
Dull is the New Exciting: Carpetblog Looks Ahead
Posted Jan 4, 2015 at Carpetblogger
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Interview with the Adventurous Ladies' Dining Club
We caught up recently with the Adventurous Ladies' Dining Club, which we've heard is the hottest new eating trend in the greater Galata/Cihangir area. Why... Continue reading
Posted Aug 3, 2014 at Carpetblogger
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Ask Carpetblog: What is Turknology?
All the time, people ask, “Carpetblogger, can you please explain Turknology? I think you popularized the term, didn’t you?" Yes. Yes, we can and we... Continue reading
Posted May 18, 2014 at Carpetblogger
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The Carpetblog Guide to Renewing Your Ikamet
Back in the day, we moved to Istanbul because it was a convenient, reasonably cheap, convivial place to base oneself while one conducted one's professional... Continue reading
Posted May 13, 2014 at Carpetblogger
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