- Collection:
- Oral History Collection (Chicago History Museum)
- Title:
- CHICAGO MUSLIM ORAL HISTORY PROJECT : Caputlu, Serpil
- Creator:
- Caputlu, Serpil
Naylor, Megan - Publisher:
- Chicago, Ill. : Studs Terkel Center for Oral History, Chicago History Museum
Chicago, Ill. : Chicago History Museum - Date of Original:
- 2018-07-26
- Subject:
- Visas
Online dating
Emigration and immigration
Language acquisition
Green cards
Turkish Americans
Hijab (Islamic clothing) - Location:
- Turkey, Instanbul, 41.06371, 28.80451
United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, 41.85003, -87.65005 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Serpil Caputlu was born in Instanbul, Turkey, in 1980. She studied physics at Yildiz Technical University. By chance, Serpil met her future husband online while he was studying in the United States. After meeting in person, they decided to move to Chicago. She earned a master's degree in mathematics while also working as a babysitter. Since then, She became a tenured professor at Triton College in west suburban River Grove, Illinois.
- Metadata URL:
- http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_oh/id/344
- IIIF manifest:
- https://collections.carli.illinois.edu/iiif/2/chm_oh:344/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- © 2019 Chicago Historical Society, all rights reserved
For permission to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise use this image, please visit https://images.chicagohistory.org or contact rightsrepro@chicagohistory.org. - Original Collection:
- Oral History Collection (Chicago History Museum)
AMERICAN MEDINA:STORIES OF MUSLIM CHICAGO ORAL HISTORY PROJECT - Contributing Institution:
- Chicago History Museum
- Rights:
-
