Our story
Seven years, one dictionary
- 2019
One dictionary, two hands
A second-hand bookshop in Lisbon, the last Turkish–English dictionary on the shelf. Daniel was learning Turkish; Ece was buying a present. She let him have it on the condition that he used it to ask her to dinner.
- 2021
Forty-one flights
Istanbul to Edinburgh and back, counted on a fridge magnet. Daniel’s Turkish got good enough to argue with taxi drivers.
- 2023
A flat in Kuzguncuk
Two desks, one balcony, a grey cat called Simit who now runs the household.
- 2026
Olive harvest, Urla
Halfway up a ladder in Ece’s grandmother’s grove, with a basket in one hand and a ring in the other. She said yes before he finished the sentence — in Turkish.
