Tales from the Expat Harem: Foreign Women in Modern Turkey () is a nonfiction anthology by 32 expatriate women about their lives in modern Turkey, published by Seal Press in North America (2006, ) and Doğan Kitap in Turkey (2005, Turkish edition, English edition).
Edited by Anastasia M. Ashman and Jennifer Eaton Gökmen, two American writers based in Istanbul, it was an English language #1 national bestseller in Turkey in January 2006. Its Turkish edition, , contains a foreword written by the Turkish novelist Elif Shafak.
In May 2008, the book and its editors were featured on NBC's Today, on its occasional travel segment Where in the World is Matt Lauer?.NBC News
Contributing writers Amanda Coffin Erica Kaya Nancy LunsfordAna Carolina Fletes Eveline Zoutendijk Natalie BakerAnastasia M. Ashman Jennifer Eaton Gokmen Pat YaleAnnie Prior Ozsarac Jessica Lutz Rhonda Vander SluisCatherine Salter Bayar Karen-Claire Voss Sally GreenCatherine Yigit Katherine Belliel Susan Fleming HolmClaire Uhr Kathleen Hamilton Gundogdu Tanala OsaYandeDana Gonzalez Louise Ruskin Trici VenolaDena Sukaya Mahira Afridi-Perese Valerie Tasiran Diane Caldwell Maria Yarbrough Orhon Wendy J. FoxEppie Lunsford Maureen Basedow
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