I interviewed a man named Aza. I actually found him by using Facebook. I went in and types in Kurds in Turkey and a bunch of groups came up. I "liked" one of the groups which caused my to become one of their friends. I then proceeded to message this Facebook page and say. "Hello! My name is Brooke and I am a sophomore at East Stroudsburg University. I am currently enrolled in a geography class and my goal for the semester is to find out as much about your culture as I can. I am hoping you have someone who could get in touch with me who speaks English. I am very interested in the foods and living of your culture. Thank you for your time." About two weeks later I recieved an email back from a man named Aza. It was hard to communicate with him because he would only get back to me every so often so I got minimal information from him, but I will share what I can.
I learned that he was a 36 year old man who obviously lived in Turkey. I messaged him again asking about the food in his culture and he sent me back a few things. One of the things he sent back was that cooking takes up a lot of a woman's day. He told me that their main meals consisted of wheat, butter, dried goods, and cheese. He told me that the Kurdish people are very big on bread too. They make their bread into different shapes. Rice, Chickpeas, and and dry beans usually make it into their meals also. He sent a few recipes to me, but when I tried to Google them to see if they came up here, I found nothing.
After he sent me the message about the food I simply asked what he did for fun. He informed me that his personally favorite thing to do was to spend time with his family. I automatically though, hey that's not much different from me! He told me that's what he does on his free time, but a lot of the day he has a side job and also works on a small farm. He told me has has two children. They are both girls. The one who is 8 years old really enjoys soccer, and the younger of the two is too young to tell what she is going to like. He told me he sings to them a lot and they really enjoy that. After he sent this message, I sent back one asking about their schooling, but unfortunately he is yet to get back to me. As much as I have researched this culture, nothing seemed far from the norm.
