[on being the only student in her class who was not allowed to take part in a student exchange due to her father's traditional Turkish values] For him it was unimaginable that I would be living with a family who are complete strangers and that he would lose control over me that way.
I started smoking much earlier than [my mother] thought. I tried my first cigarette at age 15.
[on her fortieth birthday approaching] For me, that number doesn't change anything, but I am being asked about it a lot. Evidently, it was drummed into women that, beginning at age 40, everything will become worse.
[annoucing the birth of her second child via Twitter] Fresh from heaven directly into our hearts. Welcome Ilyas! We are infinitely happy. Lounis, Nazan, Julian