Sarper Lastly Proposes to Shekinah to Maintain Her in Turkey

Sarper and Shekinah are lastly engaged, however the destiny of their rocky relationship nonetheless stays unsure.

Shekinah agreed to take Sarper’s hand in marriage throughout a romantic boat journey in Turkey in the course of the Nov. 11 episode of 90 Day Fiancé: The Different Method.

Nonetheless, the engagement was simply step one in Sarper’s plan to attempt to hold Shekinah in Turkey, unbeknownst to her, regardless of getting a Ok-1 visa authorised by the US that may enable him to maneuver to the county.

Sarper started his proposal by thanking Shekinah for serving to him go from “essentially the most chaotic, poisonous man on the planet” to a “man full of affection.

“I do not know the way you probably did it however you cracked, hacked my password, logged into me and altered all my default settings one after the other,” he stated whereas they sipped on pink wine collectively.

Sarper then escorted Shekinah outdoors, the place he sang a personally-written music for his soon-to-be fiancée.

He then bought down on one knee and pulled out an engagement ring for Shekinah, however as an alternative of popping the query, he declared, “I’ll marry you!” 

“You’re simply telling me?” Shekinah laughed, as she and Saprer embraced, to which he responded, “I hate to ask questions with sure and no. However you accepted it!”

However the engagement festivities didn’t finish there. Afterward, the pair met up with Sarper’s household for an official Turkish engagement ceremony, throughout which Shekinah was tasked with making her fiancé a terrible-tasting espresso to see if he may drink it with out reacting.

Sarper’s cousin Füsun, who defined the custom to Shekinah, stated the objective is to check the husband and see “how badly” he wished to marry her.

However when it got here time for the ceremony, Sarper had a troublesome time preserving a straight face. “Is that somewhat face you’re pulling?” Shekinah requested as members of his household chuckled over his response.

“It was disgusting,” Sarper admitted in a confessional. “I attempted to not give any response. I don’t know if I did it, however oof.”

The espresso ceremony was adopted by a hoop ceremony during which Sarper and Shekinah donned rings related with a pink ribbon that was then lower by the oldest member of the household to represent the start of the engagement.

Afterward, Sarper knowledgeable his household that his Ok-1 visa was authorised by the U.S., however claimed he wished to stay in Turkey with Shekinah as an alternative of shifting.

“My objective is for us to have the ability to dwell right here,” Sarper stated in Turkish, a language Shekinah continues to be not fluent in. “I hope that every one the love she’s seen from you right here and our tradition have satisfied her [to stay].”

However when Shekinah requested for a translation, Sarper didn’t inform her about his grand plan.

“My household, they don’t need me to go and so they love Shekinah,” Sarper defined, “so I’m nonetheless hoping we are able to ultimately persuade Shekinah to remain right here in Turkey.”

In the meantime, Shekinah felt “eager for the longer term,” and seemingly has no clue about Sarper’s plan.

“I simply by no means thought that I might be standing right here at present engaged to that man within the image and planning a future with him,” she stated in a confessional. 

“It is simply so surreal and I can not wait to get to the US and begin our lives collectively,” Shekinah added.

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90 Day Fiancé: The Different Method airs Mondays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on TLC.