Gulay Yazar

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Gulay Yazar no longer wears a hijab. She did so for a year, but then decided to take it off.

She had emigrated with her family to the United States from Turkey when she was a child. The family settled in New York. Gulay and her husband, also a Turkish immigrant, had three children, two boys and a girl. They moved to Youngstown 10 years ago. While she found life to be slow in Youngstown with not much to do, at least there wasn’t much traffic — an upside of Youngstown life on which most can agree. Read More

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Gulay Yazar no longer wears a hijab. She did so for a year, but then decided to take it off.