Rosie Reflecting

The first four of these books are fictional and all set in Turkey, yet as all fiction have somewhere some grains of truth. the last three are factual books. The Architect’s Apprentice - Elif Shafak I've struggled to read two of Shafak's books before, in fact never finished them. My daughter mentioned this one and I read about it and decided to read it. This one I loved and  finished it. The descriptions of Ottoman life in 16 th Century Istanbul and the intrigues and the beautiful descriptive language she uses fill this book with color. Jahan by default arrives at the Sultan’s palace with Chota the elephant, about whom he knows nothing, yet manages to become his keeper. He meets many colorful characters along the way, some who will defraud him and others who will help him in unexpected ways.     Jahan manages to catch the eye of Sinan (who was in fact a real architect) and works together with him, never quite achieving the fame and fortune he might have deserved. Capt

  Just a note, the two concepts in the title are very loosely related, very loosely. When we first moved out to live in our apartment over a year ago now, well to be precise 16 months ago, we applied for residency. That is to allow us to stay out here for an unlimited time, well in the first place for two years. It’s an interesting process and best carried out using the services of a Turkish speaker who knows what they are doing and knows their way round the system and a Turkish hospital. Fethiye Nazar tree to ward off evil at aside, as that’s another story for, the first year you have to provide for or pay for your own health insurance. Although treatment at one of the private hospitals is generally quite reasonable if needed, as long as I understand, you don’t need to stay in hospital. Only after one year’s residency can you apply to be part of the Turkish state social security system SGK for short . Naturally you have to pay for this. Additionally if, you decide like we