We want to celebrate our wedding with our closest friends and family. To dance, laugh, celebrate, eat, drink, and be merry with you all is what we care about. But if you would like to give a gift, here is the option we prefer. The traditional Turkish wedding gift is gold coins that are placed into a small bag held by the bride and groom at the wedding with the intent of helping the new couple as they begin life as husband and wife. As we don't expect our foreign guests to navigate the Turkish gold market, we thought this fund might be easier. In the spirt of that Turkish custom, we are asking that if our guests wish to give a gift aside from their presence, they contribute to this fund to help us get started on the next chapter of our lives together. We are already blessed with everything we need to fill our home, so this is the best way to contribute.