Hazel Thompson – författare

When a couple agrees to go to teach English in Turkey, they find themselves committed to work where communist advocates of the Great Road and followers of the Ataturk Tradition clash day and night in the streets of Istanbul. Kurdish insurgency spreads in the East and subversions by members of the Iranian Islamic revolution add further uncertainty to daily life among Turks.See our couple learn how to work safely, happily and effectively in an environment of constant conflict, raging inflation, sporadic water and electric cuts.

Basil and Brenda stroll into the village and have a picnic