“I downloaded a dating app to see what Turkish men are like,” she said. After matching with Sarper, they met up for a date and clicked. Shekinah was impressed by Sarper’s love of makeup, as he wore highlighter on their date.

“I noticed it down the bridge of his nose, and I was like, ‘This man is wearing makeup. He’s wearing makeup on a date with me. That is so cute!’” she added.

Though Shekinah went back home, she maintained contact with Sarper and returned to Turkey two months later. She said that he was “everything” she had “looked for” in a man. After five months of dating, her feelings for him were so strong that they discussed the possibility of her moving to Turkey full-time, leaving her work as an aesthetician, her friends and her daughter behind.

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Shekinah made the cross-continental trip to Turkey multiple times; however, the couple eventually agreed to apply for a K-1 visa during their run on 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way season 6.

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Sofie had never met Sarper before he moved to the United States, but she already held strong opinions about her mother’s fiancé, shaped by her aunt’s visit to the couple overseas. Shekinah was anxious about the upcoming introduction, admitting that if her daughter didn’t approve of Sarper, she wouldn’t go through with the marriage.