ISBN-13: 9780986492105 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 328 str.
A humorous look at arranged marriages, betrayals and affairs. Finalist New Generation Indie Book Awards 2013 and adapted into award winning feature film 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? ----------- Watch the movie at http: //www.almostaturkishsoapopera.com or on Amazon http: //amzn.to/1w6Vu45 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 .