We first saw each other at a local church in Istanbul, Turkey. Dinçer had been attending this church since he was a little boy, and I was just checking it out. But the real meeting was shortly after at a youth group retreat (you are still considered youth if you are single in your thirties - lucky for me!) in a little Polish Village called Polenezkoy, outside of Istanbul proper. Everyone was outside playing sports and enjoying the large property where we were staying when a certain boy was chasing a soccer ball and a certain girl picked up and handed that ball back to that boy! Dinçer says it was love at first sight, while I stayed skeptical and guarded. Our friendship grew over the next 3 years and developed into an undeniable bond. That friendship turned into a 2 year relationship, and almost to the day of that 2 year dating anniversary, Dinçer got down on one knee in front of 20 of our close friends at a cafe in Istanbul and proposed! We are so excited to start our lives together and are so happy to share and celebrate it with you!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJWZgj0QjKI