Coming Back to Istanbul
It's strange how quickly a year can pass. It's almost years since we settled down in Istanbul. A few years back, I was still thinking of Istanbul as a temporary place. A place where I came to study, finish my Master's degree, attend classes, write my thesis, and eventually go home. But somewhere along the way, things changed. In this city, I am no longer a student. And somehow, Istanbul has become a place I call home. When I first came to Istanbul, my life was quite different. I arrived as a student, carrying all the usual worries that come with moving to another country. I had my studies, my scholarship, my Turkish classes, assignments, thesis, and a rather uncertain idea of what would come after graduation. I never really imagined that I would still be here almost a year after finishing my Master's. Allah had other plans. After a few years of working in Kuala Lumpur, I eventually found myself back in Istanbul. This time, I came back not as a student, but as a wife an...
