Turkish Coffee Podcast

09/03/2022

17/04/2021

Turkish Coffee hosts take up the role of "enişte" (brother in law or uncle by marriage) in Turkish socio-culture. Aygen and Nazlan look at all sorts of eniştes at homes or in politics, as well as prejudices, proverbs and cheeky references to foreign eniştes.
Nazlan Ertan Aygen Aytac

19/03/2021

Have you dared go to a restaurant yet? What will eating out look like after Covid19? Where did restaurants start anyway? Aygen Aytac and Nazlan Ertan reply to all those questions in the latest Turkish Coffee Podcast.

12/03/2021

With the return of the Turks to cafes and coffeehouses since March, Aygen Aytaç and Nazlan Ertan discuss Turkish coffee's steaming history and heritage, from the goats of Ethiopia to the university town of Oxford. The two journos, compulsive addicts of the drink known as "the Devil's Cup," discuss how coffee became common in the Ottoman Empire in the 16th century and moved on to Europe through smugglers, janissaries, ambassadors, and, surprisingly, a butler from Izmir.

Nazlan Ertan Aygen Aytac

05/03/2021

On the eve of International Woman's Day, Aygen Aytac and Nazlan Ertan discuss sexism in language, politics and law.

26/02/2021

Inspired by Turkey's unveiling of the 10-year Space Programme, Aygen Aytac and Nazlan Ertan dwell on dystopia and utopia, with examples from news, literature and global trends. The two journos keep the listeners guessing on what is fact and what is fiction: searching natural resources in space; live-in marriage counsellors to ensure that a family has three kids ASAP; attempts to privatize judiciary; Turkish poets moving to Australia collectively to create a 'Green Country' or women finding their rights taken away overnight.
Nazlan Ertan Aygen Aytac

19/02/2021

This week, Aygen Aytac and Nazlan Ertan take up the question of justice, from Justitia to modern theorists.

12/02/2021

In this week’s Turkish Coffee Podcast, Aygen Aytac and Nazlan Ertan talk about expressions of love past and present, from hand-written letters of the past to the Clubhouse chats of today.

29/01/2021

Aygen Aytaç and Nazlan Ertan discuss the joys of travel, dodgy places and good food.

22/01/2021

In this week's episode of Turkish Coffee Podcast, Aygen Aytac and Nazlan Ertan discuss why we read, what we read and how we change while reading.

17/01/2021

In this week's episode, Nazlan Ertan and Aygen Aytac discuss loneliness, solitude and being alone in a crowd, with a bit of help from poets - Ahmet Arif, WH Auden, Gwendolyn Brooks and Orhan Veli.

Nazlan and Aygen, who have again had their Coffee Talk long-distance, wonder out loud just when loneliness and lockdowns become too much.Far Away From A Lost...

08/01/2021

In the first podcast of 2021, Aygen Aytac and Nazlan Ertan take up an issue dear to their hearts and relevant to Turkey's agenda with student protests and disgruntled youth. With special participation of Wisława Szymborska and Shel Silverstein!

In the first podcast of the year, Aygen and Nazlan wonder out loud on what they would tell their 17-year-old selves to prepare them for love, life - and poli...

03/01/2021

As most of the world ends 2020 under lockdown, Aygen and Nazlan dive into New Year Parties, past-present, real-imagined, hilarious or awful! They also speak of their dream guests - from Lars von Trier to Dorothy Parker.

As most of the world ends 2020 under lockdown, Aygen and Nazlan dive into New Year Parties, past-present, real-imagined, hilarious or awful! But just to note...

03/01/2021

Refusing to succumb to half-hearted resolutions, Aygen Aytaç and Nazlan Ertan come up with their own for 2021, with a bit of help from writers, satirists and ghosts of the past.

Refusing to succumb to half-hearted resolutions, Aygen Aytaç and Nazlan Ertan come up with their own, with a bit of help from writers, satirists and ghosts o...

03/01/2021

Aygen and Nazlan discuss the recent disclosures of sexual harassment by women in Turkey's literary and publishing sector and whether they would have an impact on the future.

Aygen and Nazlan discuss the recent disclosures of sexual harassment by women in Turkey's literary and publishing sector and whether they would have an impac...

03/01/2021

Aygen and Nazlan discuss the year 2020, which to them sounded like a dystopian movie, from Covid19 to natural disasters; political unrest to wars.

Aygen and Nazlan discuss the year 2020, which to them sounded like a dystopian movie, from Covid19 to natural disasters; political unrest to wars.For music u...

03/01/2021

Nazlan and Aygen take up another particularity of the Turkish Culture, "the housegirls" - young women who stay the parental house, neither study nor work and wait for their Big Fat Turkish Wedding.

Nazlan and Aygen take up another particularity of the Turkish Culture, "the housegirls" - young women who stay the parental house, neither study nor work and...

03/01/2021

After a sleepless night watching the last season of The Crown, Aygen and Nazlan discuss - and mostly disagree- on just what makes this Netflix series interesting to watch.

After a sleepless night watching the last season of The Crown, Aygen and Nazlan discuss - and mostly disagree- on just what makes this Netflix series interes...

03/01/2021

Aygen and Nazlan discuss “yenge” - aunts by marriage- and their complex role in the family and outside.

03/01/2021

Whenever a woman is elected to a high post, it creates optimism on women's empowerment. Aygen and Nazlan discusses whether this is justified.

Whenever a woman is elected to a high post, it creates optimism on women's empowerment. Aygen and Nazlan discusses whether this is justified. For the music t...

03/01/2021

After 30 years with no peaceful solution on Mountainous Karabakh, an Azerbaijani enclave populated by Armenians, Azerbaijan has moved to take back the enclave and the adjacent occupied lands from Armenians. Which side has the law, and which side has the public sympathy.

After 30 years with no peaceful solution on Mountainous Karabakh, an Azerbaijani enclave populated by Armenians, Azerbaijan has moved to take back the enclav...

03/01/2021

Aygen and I present you our new adventure, "Turkish Coffee" Podcast where we will discuss anything and everything under the sun.

Whether in vibrant traditional coffee houses or in the privacy of homes, Turkish coffee has accompanied conversation about a wide range of subjects throughou...