Do Not Go With The Flow. Be

We're Stuck. We're Stuck Between The East And The West. Between The Past And The Future. On The One Hand There Are The Secular Modernists, So Proud Of The Regime They Constructed, You Cannot Breathe A Critical Word. They've Got The Army And Half Of The State On Their Side. On The Other Hand There Are The Conventional Traditionalist, So Infatuated With The Ottoman Past, You Cannot Breathe A Critical Word. They've Got The General Public And The Remaining Half Of The State On Their Side.

To Each His Own Way And His Own Prayer. God Does Not Take Us At Our Word. He Looks Deep Into Our Hearts. It Is Not The Ceremonies Or Rituals That Make A Difference, But Whether Our Hearts Are Sufficiently Pure Or Not.

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.

God Is A Meticulous Clockmaker. So Precise Is His Order That Everything On Earth Happens In Its Own Time. Neither A Minute Late Nor A Minute Early. And For Everyone Without Exception, The Clock Works Accurately. For Each There Is A Time To Love And A Time To Die.

Sometimes I Feel I Have More Faith In European Ideals Than Some Of My British Or French Friends. For Them, It's A Financial Burden. For Me, Europe Is Primarily About Values, About Fundamental Rights, Freedom, Women's Rights.