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Embracing Creativity in Modern Learning
Let me start with the cliché opening: education is the foundation of everything. Education is the solution to all problems. Of course, when you say this, reactions come immediately. Not everyone can be educated, not everyone wants to be educated, it’s not as easy as you think. And that, in fact, is the core of…
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Why We Fear Art More Than Weapons
Lately, I’ve been stuck on the question, ‘What is it for?’ While an irrational prejudice forms about some subjects, for others, it’s not even considered. Actually, by asking this question, we can envelop everything we engage with in our daily lives into a cloud of meaninglessness. That’s why I find it a dangerous question. The…
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The Dance of Lava and Sea: A Natural Symphony
In the beginning, there was nothing; no time, no place, no moment to remember.Only a trembling earth, the water that wrapped around it, and the orb of fire hidden within.Even though they were buried kilometers deep and seemed separate, their existence was born from the same pulse.One was a fire concealed in the depths, the…
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My Journey Through Social Disconnect
The text is about me. It’s more of an analysis of myself and a conversation with myself. Photo by Samuel Austin on Unsplash Throughout my life, the feeling I’ve had has always been the same: on the outside, normal and adaptive; on the inside, a few steps removed from the flow of the world. I…
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How Football Shapes Identity and Community Worldwide
Football Culture Growing up as a child in Trabzon, a city of football, the likelihood of staying away from football was low. And indeed, I couldn’t. My childhood passed by talking about football, playing football games on the computer, sometimes playing football in the street, and later going to indoor football (halı saha) matches. That’s…
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Engineering vs Art: The Battle of Functionality and Expression
No, I’m not going to talk about Leonardo Da Vinci. I’m going to talk more about how far engineering actually is from art. There is an ego that comes with engineering education, and many wrong assumptions that come with it. For example, engineers solve problems. That’s true. And as problems get solved, the ego grows.…
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