To Detox or He-tox — Turkish Super-model Deniz Akkaya Needs to Know
By: Jim Masters
Detox or He-tox, that’s the question…
Two weeks after traffic police confiscated super-model Deniz Akkaya’s driving license on a DUI charge, Turkish paparazzi found her at the exclusive Richmond Nua Spa Detox and Yoga Camp in Sapanca near Istanbul, Turkey. Until then, her absence from the public eye had been the subject of intense speculation by the daily newspaper gossip columnists. The story given most credence was that she had run off to Italy with her current man-friend where he might be able to soothe away her cares and woes…
A spokesperson for the model states that she was undergoing detox and yoga treatment to relieve stress, but… her man-friend was nowhere to be seen. And that’s caused a different line of speculation…that Deniz wasn’t really Detox-ing at all, she was He-toxing…
We’ve read recently that He-toxing (i.e. for a woman to separate herself in a spa-like setting from all men, for up to 6 months) has become fashionable among European society-women and show-biz people. And in an article on the subject in a recent issue of The London Observer (titled “If Men Are Damaging Your Health, It’s time for a He-Tox”), it said that prime candidates for He-tox treatment usually exhibit symptoms such as: excessive lover’s quarrels, crises of jealousy, and sexual infidelity.
If that’s the case, then Deniz Akkaya should be undergoing a He-tox spa treatment, for sure. Because she’s had more man trouble of that nature than all of the Turkish celebrities we know about, combined.
Just one thing though…As the Observer article suggests, Deniz ought to keep the spa treatment ‘dosage’ within reason — not encourage a ‘War between the Sexes’. Unless she’s ready to explore a brand new way to warm her bed…
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Jim and (co-author) Perihan Masters are a husband and wife team,
living on the Aegean Coast of Turkey just 50 miles south of Izmir. Jim
was born in Shanghai, China — of American military parentage. Peri
was born on the Black Sea coast of Turkey near Trabzon, of Turkish
military parentage…Enticed by a Financial Times advertisement, Jim
joined a NATO sponsored enterprise in Ankara in 1974 where he met the
beautiful and brainy Perihan, a rising young Turkish banking
executive. Settled now in the heart of what was once the ancient
Ionian Empire — the couple live an idyllic life by the sea.. writing,
drawing and painting, teaching English, and providing computing
service support to local businesses. They also sponsor the MSNBC
award-winning Learning Practical
Turkish Website which has built an enthusiastic international
following of devoted Turkophiles and inquisitive language students of
all ages.