I was 16 and he was 30 but nothing could stop our love – Part 3

Names: Emel & Alpay Status: Married Been together since: 1968 (This touching love story spans over 4 decades so we have divided it into 3 parts. Click for part 1 and part 2.) On the road to recovery… It was now 2005. By nature, Alpay was always full of life and bursting with energy. At work,  they used to always consult him first before making any decisions. With the factory and his job now gone he

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I was 16 and he was 30 but nothing could stop our love – Part 2

Names: Emel & Alpay Status: Married Been together since: 1968 (This touching love story spans over 4 decades so we have divided it into 3 parts. For part 1 click here and part 3 click here.)  Putting love into our lives every single day… The political and economic climate was changing in Turkey and we found ourselves dancing on the outskirts of a financial crisis. My son was attending a private high

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I was 16 and he was 30 but nothing could stop our love – Part 1

Names: Emel & Alpay Status: Married Been together since: 1968 How we met… I was in my last year of school in Istanbul Nisantasi High School for Girls. I must have been 15 or 16 and the year was 1965 or ’66. Back then, you were either in the maths or literature department. I was doing maths. I was an enthusiastic, happy student. I had many friends whom I loved

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The long lost feelings of love returned when I met her

Sometimes love begins with multiple challenges. Our anonymous story is about a lovely couple who were over 40 and 60 when they met. They were separated via jobs, culture and countries but joined via the heart. Great obstacles were on the way to their union. In this struggle between love and circumstance, guess which emerged victorious? Read on for this touching story of making the impossible possible with love. Names:

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Age doesn't matter when it comes to love

Age doesn’t matter – love has no limits.

Names: Esma & Eray Status: In a relationship Been together since: 2011   I have been involved in politics for over 30 years. My story begins during the elections. There were many meetings going on so my phone was always on, just in case. One night, early 2011, at 4:20 am I received a message. It was a beautiful poem of love. I was wondering who in the world would send

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