Personally, I Didn't Think There Was Anything

Submission Does Not Mean Being Weak Or Passive. It Leads To Neither Fatalism Nor Capitulation. Just The Opposite. True Power Resides In Submission. A Power That Comes From Within. Those Who Submit To The Divine Essence Of Life Will Live In Unperturbed Tranquility And Peace Even When The Whole Wide World Goes Through Turbulence After Turbulence.

Even A Speck Of Love Should Not Go Unappreciated, Because, As Rumi Said, Love Is The Water Of Life.

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.

We Cannot Abandon This Rabbit Hole For Fear Of A Traumatic Encounter With Our Own Culture.

Feminists Are Now Being Vilified In Politics, Erdogan Used To Speak More Embracingly, Saying He Was The Leader Of Everyone, Whether They Voted For Him Or Not. He Sounds As If He Puts A Distance Between Himself And Half The Nation.