While on the one hand there is much mutual love and care in the relationship between parents and their offspring, there may, on the other hand, be also much mutual 'sound and fury', which sometimes is far from 'signifying nothing' (William Shakespeare, Macbeth). Indeed, from conception on, individuals are confronted with parent-offspring conflicts of all kinds. Initially these conflicts concern...

265 Editorial In this day and age, every aspect of society has already been com­ mercialized. It seems that anything can be regarded as a commo­ dity. Due to influences from many directions, medical practice has not been an exception, and in fact, it is sometimes a prime example of such commercialism. Physicians' open commercial advertising has gone beyond a social problem to become a me­ dia e...

This paper seeks to excavate the cultural significance of honor killings in Turkey. By drawing upon relevant scholarship as well as firsthand ethnographic experiences, this paper examines the ways in which Turks understand honor killings in both the global context as well as within Turkey’s unique sociopolitical history. As the relatively young nation-state grapples with issues of identity in t...