Turkey Street
Jack and Liam move to Bodrum
Jack Scott
Six months into their Turkish affair, Jack and Liam, a gay couple from London, took lodgings in the oldest ward of Bodrum Town. If they wanted to shy away from the curtain-twitchers, they couldn’t have chosen a worse position. Their terrace overlooked Turkey Street like the balcony of Buckingham Palace and the middle-aged infidels stuck out like a couple of drunks at a temperance meeting. Against all the odds, the boys from the Smoke were welcomed into the fold by a feisty mix of eccentric locals and a select group of trailblazing expats, irresistible ladies with racy pasts and plucky presents.
Hop aboard Jack’s rainbow gulet as he navigates the choppy waters of a town on the march and a national resurgence not seen since Suleiman the Magnificent was at the gates of Vienna. Grab your deckchair for a whirlwind tour of love and duty, passion and betrayal, broken hearts and broken bones, dirty politics and the dawn of a new Ottoman era.
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A great rattlingly paced read which also provides a snapshot of a Turkey that is changing in ways none of us, as yet, fully understand. Barbara Nadel
author Playful, witty and poignant. The characters practically leap off the page. One of the best nonfiction books of the year. Rainbow Book Awards
Gives a hilarious recount of the ups and downs and comings and goings of the expat scene in Bodrum. Leyla Ergil
Daily Sabah Cutting wit, giggles and sadness – Jack and Liam’s dalliances with the expat world make for compelling reading. Julia Power
Turkey's for Life Don't miss Act One, Perking the Pansies, Jack and Liam move to Turkey
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