Knowledge that takes you, not beyond yourself is far worse than ignorance.

Isn't connecting people to distant lands and culture one of the strengths of good literature?

We cannot abandon this rabbit hole for fear of a traumatic encounter with our own culture.

Almost half of the Turkish population believes it is not legitimate to criticize the government. Interestingly, this correlates with the number of supporters of Erdogan's government.

Knowledge that takes you, not beyond yourself is far worse than ignorance.

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.

Stop running after the waves. Let the sea come to you.