About Me
Curious Traveler to Keeper of Turkish Rituals
Marhaba, I am Miral Fatima, a 30-year-old woman who fell in love with the soul of Turkey, not with the help of guidebooks but with the help of smell, silence, and tradition. TurkishAura is created in silent mornings with a tulip-like glass of tea, the sounds of Sufi music in the stone courtyards, and the cozy houses covered with stories. Here I am gathering and sharing the beauty I have lived – hand crafted heritage to everyday rituals that remind me that everything is calm in the storm.
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Cups of Turkish Tea Poured with Love
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Handmade Turkish-Inspired Pieces in My Home
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Turkish Cities That Shaped My Heart
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Years Embracing Turkish Rituals & Traditions
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Stories Shared to Keep Turkish Culture Alive
My Story
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I did not start my career in a bazaar; I started it in boardrooms and branding decks. I had many years of telling stories to other people in the marketing world, until an afternoon in 2010, in a small town, changed everything. The first time in years I felt calm as a kind old lady gave me a steaming glass of çay. Heard. Home.
It began as a curiosity and turned out to be a vocation. Since the sound of the call to prayer resounded in narrow streets to hand-woven kilims that carried centuries of history, Turkey started to exist in my soul. Since then, I have walked the courtyards of Konya, felt poetry in the winds of Cappadocia, and filled my journal with stories of tea, textures, and tradition.
TurkishAura is the heart that I have taken along with me home – not a mere site, but a mirror of what I have felt, learned and loved. Following are rituals, designs, and moments that I share with you that still shape me, and perhaps, will shape you as well.
My Blog’s Mission
TurkishAura is about one desire: to save beauty, share meaning, and build connection with tradition. This is not merely a place of home design or tradition, it is a feeling of pleasure when the aroma of the tea that is brewed in the morning time fills the silence, or when a fabric that is handwoven tells the story of a grandmother.
I wish to take you closer to the soul of Turkey and its warmth, wisdom, and rhythm by using this blog. You are here to get inspired with your house, to know more about the history of ancient traditions, or to enjoy a pause with something valuable in it; you are at the right place.
Let us drink, taste and recollect- we.
Trip of Tastes and Memories
The kitchen is a place of gathering and a place of hearts, laughter and generations of taste in Turkish households. In my case, each pot of lentil soup simmering on the stove and each slice of baklava that is golden has a memory, it has a ritual, and it has a story that belongs to somebody.
It is my silent form of respecting the tradition, of making every day special. Whether it is the smell of brewed Turkish coffee that is so earthy or the nuances of layering the spices in a secretive family secret dish, food is what brings me to the heart of this culture.
I welcome you through TurkishAura to test not only recipes but also the love and heritage behind them. Hope you can find some comfort, creativity and perhaps a part of yourself in each bite.
Wanderlust: My Heart on the Road
Travel is not an escape for me. It is a homecoming. To go back to looking with wonder, to quiet, to the tales that lay in quiet places in the world. It is Turkey where I first learned that a trip can transform the things you observe and a person.
Every town I have walked to, and every tea I have drunk has made me love tradition even more and see the beauty of the ordinary. I go to hear, learn, and bring those tales home with me – so that I can tell them to you.
