Rediscovering a galaxy through music!
Last year, I had the same experience with a symphony orchestra during The Lord of the Rings, and last month I had another one, this time during Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, one of the best installments in the Star Wars franchise. In this post, I’ll share my Star
Rediscovering a galaxy through music!
Last year, I had the same experience with a symphony orchestra during The Lord of the Rings, and last month I had another one, this time during Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, one of the best installments in the Star Wars franchise. In this post, I’ll share my Star
Lessons to be learned from Galatasaray’s 24th Championship
In this article, I won’t be writing the story of Galatasaray, which recently won the Turkish Soccer Super League championship. You can read about this story from various perspectives in the media and on social media. I’ll be writing this article so that Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe, the two Istanbul teams
Deep Democracy for Conflict Resolution
I recently came across an important masterclass supported by the BMW Foundation. After reading that it was a training “on how we can achieve balance and resolve tension and conflict in a polarized world,” I decided to attend. I will be sharing some of the information and experiences I gained
Singing in Dark Time
Last Saturday, I watched the documentary “Singing in Dark Times,” which tells the story of the Hatay Academy Orchestra, which continued to perform in Antakya immediately after the earthquake, which devastated the city on 6 February 2023, by one of the largest earthquakes in the history of the Republic of
Jane Goodall, a role model for nature lovers, was in Istanbul.
Last Sunday, I attended a talk by world-renowned primatologist Jane Goodall, who came to Istanbul at the invitation of Roots & Shoots Turkey, a group I’ve been a member of since its inception and participated in several events with children and young people. In this article, I will introduce you
The fastest energy transition in history continues.
I haven’t written about solar energy in a long time. I recently came across two excellent articles in PV Magazine. I was delighted to read in these articles that everything I’ve been preaching about solar energy for the past 13 years is starting to come true in 2023 and 2024.
Hindi-stan-bul
The holiday, with all its intensity, has come to an end. Those who spent the holiday in Istanbul, or those who, like me, made a strategic mistake and ended up on Büyükada during the holiday, experienced the city’s intense human density, especially at transportation hubs. What I observed on the
The Cancer of Society: Fanaticism
In my last article, I wrote about how Ali Koç and others like him harm themselves, their families, Fenerbahçe, and Turkey, respectively. This article, which received significant support, was met with considerable fanaticism, and as expected, some fanatics were not indifferent. In this article, I will write about fanaticism, which
Ali Koç and His Complaints
The problems in Turkish football, a country plagued by constant problems, have reached a peak this year. Last night, Turkish football was completely disgraced after Ali Koç, a shareholder in Koç Holding, Turkey’s largest company, and Fenerbahçe’s chairman, and his board, who have emerged as the instigators and fuelers of
How can the global mass migration problem be solved
In my last blog post, I wrote that three out of four current Prime Ministers in the United Kingdom have immigrant backgrounds, and even the recently resigned Prime Minister of Ireland, a non-UK member state, comes from an immigrant family. I emphasized that this situation essentially parallels countries’ immigration policies.