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Whatever Happens In Your Life, No Matter How Troubling Things Might Seem, Do Not Enter The Neighborhood Of Despair. Even When All Doors Remain Closed, God Will Open Up A New Path Only For You. Be Thankful!

I Like To Borrow A Metaphor From The Great Poet And Mystic Rumi Who Talks About Living Like A Drawing Compass. One Leg Of The Compass Is Static. It Is Fixed And Rooted In A Certain Spot. Meanwhile, The Other Leg Draws A Huge Wide Circle Around The First One, Constantly Moving. Just Like That, One Part Of My Writing Is Based In Istanbul. It Has Strong Local Roots. Yet At The Same Time The Other Part Travels The Whole Wide World, Feeling Connected To Several Cities, Cultures, And Peoples.

Personally, I Didn't Think There Was Anything Wrong With Sadness. Just The Opposite – Hypocrisy Made People Happy And Truth Made Them Sad.

How Can Love Be Worthy Of Its Name If One Selects Solely The Pretty Things And Leaves Out The Hardships? It Is Easy To Enjoy The Good And Dislike The Bad. Anybody Can Do That. The Real Challenge Is To Love The Good And The Bad Together, Not Because You Need To Take The Rough With The Smooth But Because You Need To Go Beyond Such Descriptions And Accept Love In Its Entirety.

I Would Like The Refugee Crisis To Become A New Beginning In The Turkish-european Relationship. But It Would Be Very Problematic If, During This Process, Human Rights Were Forgotten. Democracy Needs To Be The Priority.