Send us Fan Mail Hey guys This week we talk to two wonderful guests, Kerime Yıldırım and Cem Bilici who were kind enough to come on our show. They are here to talk about the wonderful web series Kebabs of the Dead . Cem is the Director, Writer and Producer of this show, and Kerime is one of the lead actors. We had such a laugh during this conversation. Thank you Kerime and Cem for coming on our show. The tune we used for this episode is from Kebabs of the Dead . Stay safe and always keep up to d...
Jan 15, 2022•36 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Send us Fan Mail Hey guys Happy New Year once again. This week we talk about Turkish names and a bit about their origins. Thank you to our listener who suggested this topic and to the countless others who contributed through our social media. Let us know if we have missed a name you wanted us to cover. We love hearing from you all. Stay safe and always keep up to date with pop culture (or don’t, since we will for you anyway). Lots of love Hayriye & Huriye xoxo Note: Music by Bensound....
Jan 08, 2022•32 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Send us Fan Mail Hey guys Happy New Year! We are extremely excited to start the new year with our first guest interview. Mete is a Creative Director, Illustrator, Comedian and a Cat Dad. He is a man with many talents that continued to impress us during our conversation. Come join us learn more about Mete and his views on Turkish-Cypriot-Australian pop culture. If you would like to connect with Mete you can find him on: Instagram TikTok YouTube His Website. Stay safe and always keep up to date wi...
Jan 01, 2022•33 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Send us Fan Mail Hey guys This week we continue to unpack Turkish weddings. In this episode, we talk about the Kina Gecesi (Henna Night) and the Düğün (Wedding). We would love to hear your wedding stories. Please let us know about your traditions. Note: The sounds we used for this show are from Kibar Feyzo a 1978 film directed by Atıf Yılmaz, Tatlı Dillim a 1972 Turkish directed by Ertem Eğilmez and Final Düğün Hepsi End by Hurşid Yenigün Ve Grubu. Stay safe and always keep up to date with pop c...
Dec 25, 2021•42 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Send us Fan Mail Hey guys This week we have so much fun unpacking Turkish weddings and all the wonderful traditions leading to that big day. In this first part of a two part series, we talk about how the couple meets, the introduction of the families and the 'isteme' or the asking for hand in marriage from the brides family. Let us know if there are traditions you have that we have not spoken about, or things you have seen in other weddings, or perhaps your own wedding! Join us next week when we...
Dec 18, 2021•39 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Send us Fan Mail Hey guys This week we talk about the wonderfully talented Gülse Birsel who continues to amaze us with the wonderful work that she produces. We grew up watching shows like Avrupa Yakası and Yalan Dünya and continue to follow her with her writing as well as her movie projects. Administration: The sound you hear at the start of this show is Gülse Birsel in the 2009 movie directed by Ezel Akay called 7 Kocalı Hürmüz. The sound at the end is from the 2018 sitcom Jet Sosyete. Stay saf...
Dec 11, 2021•33 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Send us Fan Mail Hey guys This week we talk about the wonderful influence of Seyfi Dursunoğlu AKA Huysuz Virjin. We talk about the world of Kanto and what influence this had for Turkish pop culture as well as the massive impact Huysuz Virjin had and continues to have. Administration: the audio at the end of this show is from the documentary 'Tek Başına ' by Cengiz Özkarabekir which is on YouTube. Thank you Seyfi Dursunoğlu and Huysuz Virjin for having such an important impact on the Turkish pop ...
Dec 04, 2021•32 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Send us Fan Mail Hey guys This week we talk about Huriye's most favorite thing in the world that is food. She actually says how hungry she is throughout the show. We love Turkish food and thanks to one of our listeners who gave us the idea for this show, we went out and researched a little bit about the history and origins of the Turkish foods we love to eat. We refer to this article from Science Direct if you would like to read it you can find it here. Just some administration: the short segmen...
Nov 27, 2021•41 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Send us Fan Mail Hey guys This week we write a thesis on 'The Dizi' what is it? How does it impact the Turkish pop culture? Why is it so famous in so many different continents? Let us know what you think. We would love to hear your suggestions please reach out to us via email at huriyehayriyetpc@gmail.com Or DM us on Instagram. Stay safe and always keep up to date with pop culture (or don’t, since we will for you anyway). Lots of love Hayriye & Huriye xoxo...
Nov 20, 2021•36 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Send us Fan Mail Hey guys This week we talk about one of our favorite artists Barış Manço who will forever live in our hearts with his music and many talents. Barış Manço has defined a very significant part of Turkish Pop Culture he was a pioneer of rock music in Turkey and one of the founders of the Anatolian Rock genre. Barış Manço we love you and always will. May you rest in peace. Let us know what you think. We would love to hear your suggestions please reach out to us via email at huriyehay...
Nov 12, 2021•34 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Send us Fan Mail Hey guys This week we talk about Atasözleri/Turkish Proverbs. We go through some of our favorite ones and translate them for you. Let us know what you think. We would love to hear your suggestions please reach out to us via email at huriyehayriyetpc@gmail.com Or DM us on Instagram. Stay safe and always keep up to date with pop culture (or don’t, since we will for you anyway). Lots of love Hayriye & Huriye xoxo...
Nov 06, 2021•29 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Send us Fan Mail Hey guys This week we cover Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest. Thank you to one of our listeners who mentioned this topic to us. We had so much fun unpacking this topic we hope you do too. Let us know what you think. We would love to hear your suggestions please reach out to us via email at huriyehayriyetpc@gmail.com Or DM us on Instagram. Stay safe and always keep up to date with pop culture (or don’t, since we will for you anyway). Lots of love Hayriye & Huriye xoxo...
Oct 30, 2021•42 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Send us Fan Mail Hey guys This week we talk about one of the pivotal backbones of Turkish Pop Culture creation that being the world of 'Yesilçam' cinema (the old Turkish cinema also known as Yeşilçam literally means The Green Pine in the Turkish language it is like the Hollywood/Bollywood of Turkey). Yesilçam cinema was most active during the periods of 1950's-1980's. More information can be found here . In this episode, we analyze six of the worst death scenes in Yesilçam cinema. This is not an...
Oct 23, 2021•37 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Send us Fan Mail Hey guys Welcome to another fun episode where we write the thesis for the Turkish Squid Games. For those who have no idea what the Squid Games are you can read about them here. Please let us know if you think of any games we should have covered or not covered, all feedback welcome. We would love to hear your suggestions please reach out to us via email at huriyehayriyetpc@gmail.com Or DM us on Instagram. Stay safe and always keep up to date with pop culture (or don’t, since we w...
Oct 16, 2021•30 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Send us Fan Mail Hey guys Welcome to Episode 2 of our dissertation journey of Turkish Pop Culture where we talk about the megastar Tarkan Tevetoğlu. We quote from the LA Times in this episode. We have linked it here if you would like to read it. We would love to hear your suggestions please reach out to us via email at huriyehayriyetpc@gmail.com Or DM us on Instagram. Stay safe and always keep up to date with pop culture (or don’t, since we will for you anyway). Lots of love Hayriye & Huriye...
Oct 08, 2021•40 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Send us Fan Mail Hey guys Welcome to Hayriye & Huriye's Dissertation on Turkish Pop Culture where we discuss all things Turkish pop culture related, as seen through the eyes of two Turkish-Australian girls. Some bio on us: we are two Turkish-Australian girls who have a theatre background and love the cinema and the arts. We both grew up watching old Turkish movies from the wonderful world of ' Yesilçam’ cinema . We are passionate about comedy, movies, theatre, music, and everything arty-fart...
Oct 03, 2021•8 min•Season 1Ep. 1
