My Unhappiness Protects Me From Life.

It Was In Cihangir That I First Learned Istanbul Was Not An Anonymous Multitude Of Walled-in Lives - A Jungle Of Apartments Where No One Knew Who Was Dead Or Who Was Celebrating What - But An Archipelago Of Neighbourhoods In Which Everyone Knew Each Other.

If The Americans Would Only Take All The Money They Have Spent On This War (iraq), And Spend It Like Soros Has Done On Civil Societies In These Countries, Then In 10 Years They Would Have Wonderful Results.

Actually, It's The Other Way Round. In A Poor Country, The Only Consolation People Can Have Is The One That Comes From Their Beliefs.

Nationalism Stems From Catastrophes, Whether They Are Caused By Earthquakes Or Lost Wars.

My Religion Is Complicated. Literature Is My True Religion. After All, I Come From A Completely Non-religious Family.