By Mesut Şenol Fatma Hanım, one of the officials in charge of authors at Nilüfer Municipality, welcomed me at the Bursa Bus Terminal and brought me to Gölyazı. Before arriving at the Writers’ House (Yazıevi) Guest House, she took me on a short tour of Gölyazı, showing me the Weeping Plane Tree (Ağlayan Çınar), the
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Lucia Cupertino I recently became acquainted with the work of Ayumi Shibata, a Japanese-born artist who builds macrocosms and microcosms using the ancient washi paper craft. I was dazzled by this artwork, because she employs such a fragile material to build cities, landscapes, scenery that gradually come to inhabit space in a powerful and
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Author: Mesut Şenol The Writer’s Process of Self-Construction Literature, in its simplest definition, is the human effort to understand humanity and the universe. However, this endeavor is neither an abstract mental exercise conducted alone in an ivory tower, nor is it a didactic tool put directly at the command of society. The existence of the
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The Most Common Element in Music and Poetry Poetry and music have always been intimately related. Music for example can help children develop rhythmic intelligence and notice rhythm in poetry and in a broader sense in language, which are important skills in learning how to read and developing fluency as readers. Since poetry on the
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Dr. Lera Boroditsky is a cognitive scientist and professor in the fields of language and cognition. She is one of the main contributors to the theory of linguistic relativity. She is a Searle Scholar, a McDonnell Scholar, recipient of a National Science Foundation Career award, and an American Psychological Association Distinguished Scientist.
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Each of us attempts, in one way or another, to understand and interpret the society in which we live. Insights found in seminal sociological works can provide us with valuable perspectives. I was delighted to learn that the book “The Coming Crisis of Western Sociology” by the renowned sociologist Alvin W. Gouldner —which I translated
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Although human history has traversed various stages and evolutionary processes, a persistent “survival mode” has endured in a straight line. While communities characterized by solidarity, sharing, and a communal spirit lived in peace, the door to war —or more precisely, to acts of ruthlessness— was opened when those who had advanced in agriculture and production
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