Jennifer Eaton Gokmen
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| Born: | January 31, 1971 Wayne, Michigan |
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| Occupation: | Writer |
| Website: | Tales from the Expat Harem |
Jennifer Eaton Gökmen (born 1971 in Wayne, Michigan) is an American writer and editor. She holds a degree in Creative Writing and American and British Literature from Western Michigan University. Gökmen has lived in Istanbul, Turkey since 1994. She is the daughter-in-law of Turkish politician Dr. Sami Gökmen, former Minister of Parliament from the Republican People's Party (CHP) for the district of Muğla during the 16th session of the Turkish Grand National Assembly (TBMM).
Gökmen is a regular contributor to TimeOut Istanbul magazine and Turkish national daily newspaper Today's Zaman. Her writing has also appeared in the Strange Intimacies anthology exhibited at the 9th International Istanbul Biennial.
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Gökmen, along with Anastasia M. Ashman, created and co-edited the nonfiction anthology Tales from the Expat Harem: Foreign Women in Modern Turkey. The collection includes the life experiences of 32 expatriate women from seven nations and five continents, whose collective experience spans the length and breadth of Turkey over the past four decades. Stories by scholars, artists, missionaries, journalists, entrepreneurs and Peace Corps volunteers relate personal assimilation into Turkish friendship, neighborhood, wifehood, and motherhood.
Tales from the Expat Harem is also published in Turkey, where it was a #1 national bestseller in January 2006. It has been translated into Turkish under the title Türkçe Sevmek.
Seal Press (2006, North America), ISBN 1-58005-155-3
Doğan Kitap (2005, Turkish worldwide as Türkçe Sevmek), ISBN 975-293-381-5
Doğan Kitap (2005, English in Turkey), ISBN 975-293-372-6
Gökmen is currently penning her Turkish memoir, Elective Brain Surgery and Other Tales of a Reckless Expat.
