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

In A Normal Democracy, You Protect The Individual From The Excessive Power Of The State. In Turkey, Power Elites Try To Protect The State - As If This State Were Fragile And Needed Protection - When In Fact, It's Too Powerful Already.

I Am Very Worried About This Concentration Of Power, And It's Not Only Because Of Erdogan. We Have The Ballot Box, But We Don't Have The Culture Of Democracy. The Government Says: You See, We Have The Majority, We're Entitled To Do Anything We Want. But That's Not Democracy, That's Majoritarianism.

I Hunt Everywhere For A Life Worth Living And A Knowledge Worth Knowing. Having Roots Nowhere, I Have Everywhere To Go.

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.