{"id":313,"date":"2016-03-04T10:02:17","date_gmt":"2016-03-04T08:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asliperker.com\/?page_id=313&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2017-07-12T12:24:03","modified_gmt":"2017-07-12T09:24:03","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/asliperker.com\/en\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; angled_section=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image_as_pattern=&#8221;without_pattern&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]Asli Perker\u2019s bestselling third novel, Souffl\u00e9, has been translated into 23 languages, and was published in English by Telegram Books. The Daily Mail called it, \u201cA funny, moving, clever book which examines the real meaning of family as it explores the true power of food. Delicious in every sense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Perker was born in Izmir, Turkey and graduated from Dokuz Eylul University, with a degree in American Studies. After a brief stint as an advertising copy writer, Perker turned to journalism. After relocating to New York in 2001, she wrote a weekly column titled \u201cFrom New York\u201d both for a daily national newspaper and a monthly women&amp;#39;s magazine. Her first novel, The Scent of the Others, was published in 2005, and her second, Executioner&#8217;s Graveyard, followed in 2009, and was eventually translated into eight languages.<\/p>\n<p>Perker\u2019s fourth novel, Help Me, was released in September 2015 and her latest novel Fall came out in 2017. Perker has contributed to a couple of anthologies alongside the most prominent authors of Turkey. She continues to write cover stories for Milliyet Book Review and articles for Milliyet Art Magazine. She resides in Istanbul.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;88&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; style=&#8221;vc_box_rounded&#8221; qode_css_animation=&#8221;&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; angled_section=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image_as_pattern=&#8221;without_pattern&#8221;][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;100px&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">On My Table<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;25px&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; angled_section=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image_as_pattern=&#8221;without_pattern&#8221;][vc_column]<div class=\"ult-ih-container ult-adjust-bottom-margin  \" >\t<ul class=\"ult-ih-list \"  data-shape=\"circle\"  data-width=\"330\"  data-height=\"330\"  style=\"text-align:center; \"><li id=\"ult-ih-list-item-9385\" class=\"ult-ih-list-item\" style=\"height: 330px; width: 330px;  margin: 12.5px\"><a class=\"ult-ih-link\" href=\"http:\/\/asliperker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/hakkinda-moby-dick.jpg\"  ><div style=\"height: 330px; width: 330px; \" class=\"ult-ih-item ult-ih-effect5    \"><div class=\"ult-ih-image-block\" style=\"height: 330px; width: 330px; \">\t<div class=\"ult-ih-wrapper\" style=\"\"><\/div>\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ult-ih-image\" src=\"https:\/\/asliperker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/hakkinda-moby-dick.jpg\" alt=\"null\"><\/div><div class=\"ult-ih-info\" >\t<div class=\"ult-ih-info-back\" style=\"background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.75); \">\t<div class=\"ult-ih-content\">\t\t\t<div class=\"ult-ih-heading-block\" style=\"\">\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"ult-ih-heading ult-responsive\" style=\"color:#ffffff;\"  data-ultimate-target='#ult-ih-list-item-9385 .ult-ih-heading'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:22px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:28px;\"}' ><\/h3>\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<div class=\"ult-ih-divider-block\" style=\"height:1px;\">\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ult-ih-line\" style=\"border-style:none;border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0.75);width:100px;border-width:1px;\"><\/span>\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<div class=\"ult-ih-description-block\" style=\"\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ult-ih-description ult-responsive\" style=\"color:#bbbbbb;\"  data-ultimate-target='#ult-ih-list-item-9385 .ult-ih-description, #ult-ih-list-item-9385 .ult-ih-description p'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:14px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:18px;\"}' ><p>Moby Dick is one of Perker&#8217;s ten most favorite books. Most of the time it stays on the top of the list in which the titles keep moving around.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\t<\/div>\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/li><li id=\"ult-ih-list-item-3478\" class=\"ult-ih-list-item\" style=\"height: 330px; width: 330px;  margin: 12.5px\"><a class=\"ult-ih-link\" href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/hakkinda-fotograflar.jpg\"  ><div style=\"height: 330px; width: 330px; \" class=\"ult-ih-item ult-ih-effect5    \"><div class=\"ult-ih-image-block\" style=\"height: 330px; width: 330px; \">\t<div class=\"ult-ih-wrapper\" style=\"\"><\/div>\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ult-ih-image\" src=\"https:\/\/asliperker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/hakkinda-fotograflar.jpg\" alt=\"null\"><\/div><div class=\"ult-ih-info\" >\t<div class=\"ult-ih-info-back\" style=\"background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.75); \">\t<div class=\"ult-ih-content\">\t\t\t<div class=\"ult-ih-heading-block\" style=\"\">\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"ult-ih-heading ult-responsive\" style=\"color:#ffffff;\"  data-ultimate-target='#ult-ih-list-item-3478 .ult-ih-heading'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:22px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:28px;\"}' ><\/h3>\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<div class=\"ult-ih-divider-block\" style=\"height:1px;\">\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ult-ih-line\" style=\"border-style:none;border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0.75);width:100px;border-width:1px;\"><\/span>\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<div class=\"ult-ih-description-block\" style=\"\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ult-ih-description ult-responsive\" style=\"color:#bbbbbb;\"  data-ultimate-target='#ult-ih-list-item-3478 .ult-ih-description, #ult-ih-list-item-3478 .ult-ih-description p'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:14px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:18px;\"}' ><p>Perker loves to look at photo albums. She could be the only person who would willingly look at your wedding pictures. In this box, which is an old make up box that belonged to her grandmother once, she keeps some of the old pictures of her family. The people in those pictures are her mother, grandmother and father.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\t<\/div>\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/li><li id=\"ult-ih-list-item-1630\" class=\"ult-ih-list-item\" style=\"height: 330px; width: 330px;  margin: 12.5px\"><a class=\"ult-ih-link\" href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/hakkinda-kedi.jpg\"  ><div style=\"height: 330px; width: 330px; \" class=\"ult-ih-item ult-ih-effect5    \"><div class=\"ult-ih-image-block\" style=\"height: 330px; width: 330px; \">\t<div class=\"ult-ih-wrapper\" style=\"\"><\/div>\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ult-ih-image\" src=\"https:\/\/asliperker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/hakkinda-kedi.jpg\" alt=\"null\"><\/div><div class=\"ult-ih-info\" >\t<div class=\"ult-ih-info-back\" style=\"background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.75); \">\t<div class=\"ult-ih-content\">\t\t\t<div class=\"ult-ih-heading-block\" style=\"\">\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"ult-ih-heading ult-responsive\" style=\"color:#ffffff;\"  data-ultimate-target='#ult-ih-list-item-1630 .ult-ih-heading'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:22px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:28px;\"}' ><\/h3>\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<div class=\"ult-ih-divider-block\" style=\"height:1px;\">\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ult-ih-line\" style=\"border-style:none;border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0.75);width:100px;border-width:1px;\"><\/span>\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<div class=\"ult-ih-description-block\" style=\"\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ult-ih-description ult-responsive\" style=\"color:#bbbbbb;\"  data-ultimate-target='#ult-ih-list-item-1630 .ult-ih-description, #ult-ih-list-item-1630 .ult-ih-description p'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:14px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:18px;\"}' ><p>This is the first time the author is holding a cat. Can you see it in her looks?<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\t<\/div>\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/li><li id=\"ult-ih-list-item-5325\" class=\"ult-ih-list-item\" style=\"height: 330px; width: 330px;  margin: 12.5px\"><a class=\"ult-ih-link\" href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/hakkinda-taslar.jpg\"  ><div style=\"height: 330px; width: 330px; \" class=\"ult-ih-item ult-ih-effect5    \"><div class=\"ult-ih-image-block\" style=\"height: 330px; width: 330px; \">\t<div class=\"ult-ih-wrapper\" style=\"\"><\/div>\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ult-ih-image\" src=\"https:\/\/asliperker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/hakkinda-taslar.jpg\" alt=\"null\"><\/div><div class=\"ult-ih-info\" >\t<div class=\"ult-ih-info-back\" style=\"background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.75); \">\t<div class=\"ult-ih-content\">\t\t\t<div class=\"ult-ih-heading-block\" style=\"\">\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"ult-ih-heading ult-responsive\" style=\"color:#ffffff;\"  data-ultimate-target='#ult-ih-list-item-5325 .ult-ih-heading'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:22px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:28px;\"}' ><\/h3>\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<div class=\"ult-ih-divider-block\" style=\"height:1px;\">\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ult-ih-line\" style=\"border-style:none;border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0.75);width:100px;border-width:1px;\"><\/span>\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<div class=\"ult-ih-description-block\" style=\"\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ult-ih-description ult-responsive\" style=\"color:#bbbbbb;\"  data-ultimate-target='#ult-ih-list-item-5325 .ult-ih-description, #ult-ih-list-item-5325 .ult-ih-description p'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:14px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:18px;\"}' ><p>Asli Perker loves rocks. This rock which she uses as paper weight is from the island Thasos, Greece.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\t<\/div>\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/li><li id=\"ult-ih-list-item-1076\" class=\"ult-ih-list-item\" style=\"height: 330px; width: 330px;  margin: 12.5px\"><a class=\"ult-ih-link\" href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/hakkinda-bana-yardim-et-notlar.jpg\"  ><div style=\"height: 330px; width: 330px; \" class=\"ult-ih-item ult-ih-effect5    \"><div class=\"ult-ih-image-block\" style=\"height: 330px; width: 330px; \">\t<div class=\"ult-ih-wrapper\" style=\"\"><\/div>\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ult-ih-image\" src=\"https:\/\/asliperker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/hakkinda-bana-yardim-et-notlar.jpg\" alt=\"null\"><\/div><div class=\"ult-ih-info\" >\t<div class=\"ult-ih-info-back\" style=\"background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.75); \">\t<div class=\"ult-ih-content\">\t\t\t<div class=\"ult-ih-heading-block\" style=\"\">\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"ult-ih-heading ult-responsive\" style=\"color:#ffffff;\"  data-ultimate-target='#ult-ih-list-item-1076 .ult-ih-heading'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:22px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:28px;\"}' ><\/h3>\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<div class=\"ult-ih-divider-block\" style=\"height:1px;\">\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ult-ih-line\" style=\"border-style:none;border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0.75);width:100px;border-width:1px;\"><\/span>\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<div class=\"ult-ih-description-block\" style=\"\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ult-ih-description ult-responsive\" style=\"color:#bbbbbb;\"  data-ultimate-target='#ult-ih-list-item-1076 .ult-ih-description, #ult-ih-list-item-1076 .ult-ih-description p'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:14px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:18px;\"}' ><p>Notes from Help Me.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\t<\/div>\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/li><li id=\"ult-ih-list-item-7002\" class=\"ult-ih-list-item\" style=\"height: 330px; width: 330px;  margin: 12.5px\"><a class=\"ult-ih-link\" href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/hakkinda-bread.jpg\"  ><div style=\"height: 330px; width: 330px; \" class=\"ult-ih-item ult-ih-effect5    \"><div class=\"ult-ih-image-block\" style=\"height: 330px; width: 330px; \">\t<div class=\"ult-ih-wrapper\" style=\"\"><\/div>\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ult-ih-image\" src=\"https:\/\/asliperker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/hakkinda-bread.jpg\" alt=\"null\"><\/div><div class=\"ult-ih-info\" >\t<div class=\"ult-ih-info-back\" style=\"background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.75); \">\t<div class=\"ult-ih-content\">\t\t\t<div class=\"ult-ih-heading-block\" style=\"\">\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"ult-ih-heading ult-responsive\" style=\"color:#ffffff;\"  data-ultimate-target='#ult-ih-list-item-7002 .ult-ih-heading'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:22px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:28px;\"}' ><\/h3>\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<div class=\"ult-ih-divider-block\" style=\"height:1px;\">\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ult-ih-line\" style=\"border-style:none;border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0.75);width:100px;border-width:1px;\"><\/span>\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<div class=\"ult-ih-description-block\" style=\"\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ult-ih-description ult-responsive\" style=\"color:#bbbbbb;\"  data-ultimate-target='#ult-ih-list-item-7002 .ult-ih-description, #ult-ih-list-item-7002 .ult-ih-description p'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:14px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:18px;\"}' ><p>Bread Recipe in Souffl\u00e9<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\t<\/div>\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/li><li id=\"ult-ih-list-item-9499\" class=\"ult-ih-list-item\" style=\"height: 330px; width: 330px;  margin: 12.5px\"><a class=\"ult-ih-link\" href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/hakkinda-hummus-2.jpg\"  ><div style=\"height: 330px; width: 330px; \" class=\"ult-ih-item ult-ih-effect5    \"><div class=\"ult-ih-image-block\" style=\"height: 330px; width: 330px; \">\t<div class=\"ult-ih-wrapper\" style=\"\"><\/div>\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ult-ih-image\" src=\"https:\/\/asliperker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/hakkinda-hummus-2.jpg\" alt=\"null\"><\/div><div class=\"ult-ih-info\" >\t<div class=\"ult-ih-info-back\" style=\"background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.75); \">\t<div class=\"ult-ih-content\">\t\t\t<div class=\"ult-ih-heading-block\" style=\"\">\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"ult-ih-heading ult-responsive\" style=\"color:#ffffff;\"  data-ultimate-target='#ult-ih-list-item-9499 .ult-ih-heading'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:22px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:28px;\"}' ><\/h3>\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<div class=\"ult-ih-divider-block\" style=\"height:1px;\">\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ult-ih-line\" style=\"border-style:none;border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0.75);width:100px;border-width:1px;\"><\/span>\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<div class=\"ult-ih-description-block\" style=\"\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ult-ih-description ult-responsive\" style=\"color:#bbbbbb;\"  data-ultimate-target='#ult-ih-list-item-9499 .ult-ih-description, #ult-ih-list-item-9499 .ult-ih-description p'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:14px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:18px;\"}' ><p>Hummus Recipe in\u00a0Souffl\u00e9<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\t<\/div>\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/li><li id=\"ult-ih-list-item-9026\" class=\"ult-ih-list-item\" style=\"height: 330px; width: 330px;  margin: 12.5px\"><a class=\"ult-ih-link\" href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/hakkinda-wedding-cake-frosting.jpg\"  ><div style=\"height: 330px; width: 330px; \" class=\"ult-ih-item ult-ih-effect5    \"><div class=\"ult-ih-image-block\" style=\"height: 330px; width: 330px; \">\t<div class=\"ult-ih-wrapper\" style=\"\"><\/div>\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ult-ih-image\" src=\"https:\/\/asliperker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/hakkinda-wedding-cake-frosting.jpg\" alt=\"null\"><\/div><div class=\"ult-ih-info\" >\t<div class=\"ult-ih-info-back\" style=\"background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.75); \">\t<div class=\"ult-ih-content\">\t\t\t<div class=\"ult-ih-heading-block\" style=\"\">\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"ult-ih-heading ult-responsive\" style=\"color:#ffffff;\"  data-ultimate-target='#ult-ih-list-item-9026 .ult-ih-heading'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:22px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:28px;\"}' ><\/h3>\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<div class=\"ult-ih-divider-block\" style=\"height:1px;\">\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ult-ih-line\" style=\"border-style:none;border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0.75);width:100px;border-width:1px;\"><\/span>\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<div class=\"ult-ih-description-block\" style=\"\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ult-ih-description ult-responsive\" style=\"color:#bbbbbb;\"  data-ultimate-target='#ult-ih-list-item-9026 .ult-ih-description, #ult-ih-list-item-9026 .ult-ih-description p'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:14px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:18px;\"}' ><p>Wedding Cake Frosting Recipe in\u00a0Souffl\u00e9<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\t<\/div>\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/li>\t<\/ul><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; 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The Daily Mail called it, \u201cA funny, moving, clever book which examines the real meaning of family&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-313","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asliperker.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asliperker.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asliperker.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asliperker.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asliperker.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/asliperker.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/313\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asliperker.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}