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No Reason To Feel Depressed About Being Depressed. A Depression Can Be A Golden Opportunity To Collect The Pieces And Build Ourselves Anew. Global Souls Are Always On The Move, Nomads At Heart, Connected To Various Cities, Commuters Between Cultures, Both From Here And Everywhere.

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.

I Slept Peacefully That Night, Feeling Exultant And Determined. Little Did I Know That I Was Making The Most Common And The Most Painful Mistake Women Have Made All Throughout The Ages: To Naively Think That With Their Love They Can Change The Man They Love.

How Can You Blame Others For Disrespecting You When You Think Of Yourself As Unworthy Of Respect?

Turkey In General Became Too Involved With What Is Happening In Egypt And In Syria. Some Politicians With Neo-ottoman Dreams Developed This Idea Of Being A Major Player In The Middle East, Which Hasn't Gone As Expected.