look at emre's little sis go!

congratulations are in order for emre's too-beautiful-to-be-so-nice sister, yasemin, who just landed the lead role in turkey's newest hit primetime television show, 'pusat' (which translates to 'weapon' in old turkish). yasemin plays the eponymous boxer's ex (and future) girlfriend. let's see her in action, fretting over the possibility of danger in the boxing ring. by the way, this modest kiss on the cheek scene is quite scandelous, as depictions of physical affection on tv in turkey are let's say, not as liberal as they are here in the U.S. of 'i can't believe they did that on tv' A. their formerly super-strict father, the elder mr. fish ('balik' means fish in turkish) is now suppressing urges to pass out, even though yasemin is 27 (?) years old.

by the way, yasemin's part is the first and last minute. in between is an oh so interesting boxing scene. time to fast forward!



in a totally unrelated yet favorite yasemin story, when emre was 2 years old he pointed to his pregnant mother's tummy and said, "you have a yasemin inside of you". turns out the baby was born a girl, and emre was right. he then proceded to abuse this fact hundreds of times as a child, enlisting yasemin in a kind of servitude to her "name father". did i ever give thanks that i have sisters instead of brothers? though, what am i talking about? "you owe me 30 minutes of tickling on my left leg" is still ringing in my ears, sister christian! and i still haven't forgotten that set-up "kitty said the f-word!" sure abbie, i'm on to your tricks....