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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Almost a Turkish Soap Opera

Almost a Turkish Soap Opera

Vasquez, Anne-Rae

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ISBN10: 0986492108
ISBN13: 9780986492105
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Sep 24 2012
Pages: 328
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.69 Width: 5.25 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
A humorous look at arranged marriages, betrayals, immigration woes and family affairs in this quirky contemporary literary romance Middle Eastern Asian American multicultural adventure--sprinkled with a dose of cultural drama and unexpected twist and turns. Finalist New Generation Indie Book Awards 2013 World Literature and adapted into award winning feature film ----------- Watch the movie at http: //www.almostaturkishsoapopera.com or on Amazon http: //amzn.to/1w6Vu45 ---------- Adel and Kamil, two young good looking Turkish men try to immigrate to North America. Adel's ruthless grand uncle arranges him to marry Yonka (his spoiled obnoxious cousin) in exchange for his immigration status in Canada. The problem is Yonka and Adel hate each other. The drama heats up even more when Adel has an affair with Nora, his beautiful English teacher which ruins Yonka's plans. And to add to this, his best friend Kamil has a big secret of his own. How did his life turn into a Turkish soap opera? ---------------- The novel was adapted into an award winning feature film and web series, produced by Joseph Khalil, Sababa Emporium Film Productions (www.sababaemporium.com).

Season 1 of the Web series, which is a prequel to the feature film, was launched in December 2011 as a weekly one 5 minute episode released on their YouTube channel and has since been syndicated on BlipTV, iTunes Video podcast, Web Series Channel, Mingle Media TV, Open Film channel, Viki Channel, Daily Motion, Web Series Network and more.

The interest in the film and the web series is reflected on the Almost a Turkish Soap Opera Facebook fan page which now has over 8400 fans and their YouTube channel has over 7800 subscribers and 215,000+ views. Sababa Emporium plans to release the feature film on DVD in the winter of 2012.

Updated information can be found at www.almostaturkishsoapopera.com .

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