The real choice we have to make is between peace and nationalism.

Turkish football serves the cause of nationalism, but not of the nation.

The real choice we have to make is between peace and nationalism.

Hüzün does not just paralyze the inhabitants of Instanbul, it also gives them poetic license to be paralyzed.

My diary has its own kind of magic. It gives me the feeling of having accomplished something. On days when I don't have time for this, I feel tortured.

What was the difference between love and the agony of waiting? Like love, the agony of waiting began in the muscles and somewhere around the upper belly but soon spread out to the chest, the thighs, and the forehead, to invade the entire body with numbing force.

My religion is complicated. Literature is my true religion. After all, I come from a completely non-religious family.