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"Advice For Newcomers To Turkey"

I have a foreign teacher. I asked her a question while talking to her about an hour ago. "What would you recommend to a newcomer to Turkey?" I asked. She thought at first and then she started answering my question. According to her, people should prefer big cities and not even set foot in small cities in Turkey. When I asked why, she said, "People living in small city can be very racist." She finds Afyon very cold because she is from Kenya. When I told her it was 8 months of winter here, she said "I wish I hadn't come here". That's why "It would be a big mistake to live in a cold place in Turkey. They should do research and choose a warm place." She said.  According to her, if you are going to stay in Turkey for a long time, you have to find a job with a good income. She is having a lot of trouble with money right now. She even wants to enter "kpss" and work in a public school. I couldn't tell her the truth.  She doesn't

Foreign Language Learning Prejudice In Turkey

I love learning languages. But my family and relatives always say "what will happen when you learn a language". They are the only thing that does not change in this changing world. They can't even speak their own language properly. It's so frustrating when they criticize me. We need to leave them right now. We need to teach everyone the benefits of language learning. I say I'm in the english department and they tell me "everybody knows english now". If everyone speaks English, speak English for two minutes. Everyone is learning a language other than English now. Do you know about that? Technology has improved, language learning has become easier. But you don't even want to know. This is really hard for you. When I say I'm learning Korean, they start using racist expressions. Come on, how would you feel if someone said the same for Turkish? I tell them that Asian languages ​​will be very important in the future. They don't believe me. Fortunat

Literature Of Countries And My Thoughts

English Literature: The British may have written and influenced more about the French Revolution than the French. English literature is a very old literature. They have books and authors dating back centuries. These authors and books still impress us and are very important even today. The authors reflected the period in which they wrote their books very well. Metaphors, loves and every word used in old books take a place in my heart. The books written recently, on the other hand, cause us to question justice again. Even current authors write excellent books. I really enjoy following this literature up-to-date. French Literature:   French literature is a literature that brings together many ideas, probably because of the French Revolution. They have many books from centuries ago that we think about even today. It's a literature that I love very much because writers have many different ideas. Russian Literature: Think twice before reading a book of Russian literature. Because extreme

Turkish Literature

We, who have existed for thousands of years, have a very variable literature.Turkish literature is a literature that has been heavily influenced by other literatures. Turkish literature is a very realistic literature. I know we've been through a lot of traumatic events. While under the influence of these events, it is very difficult to imagine another world and we feel obliged to stick to the present.  The subject of many books written in Turkish literature is about an event that is likely to happen or an event that has happened. We have many quality books written. But now we also need to write about different things. We are still in pain as in the past. Seriously, very poor quality books have been published in the last five years.There are a few valuable writers in Turkish literature right now, real writers. The rest are teenagers who write ridiculous love books. They write their books using only 250 words and they can never think straight. I don't know why this happened. Our

My Overthinking

I've been thinking a lot lately. I think about everything. Now this is starting to affect me badly. Even if I have to focus on something, I can never focus. I'm always thinking of other things. My friends say that my life is beautiful and that I am lucky to have a good family. My life just isn't good. Okay, whether my life is beautiful or not depends on the life we ​​compare. Well, is the life that does not make us happy is a good life? First of all, I didn't choose to live this life. If I had chosen, I would be responsible for this life. Nothing is worth anything to me. I'm not sad, but I'm unhappy. I feel like my dreams won't come true even though I tried so hard. If I live a life that I don't want in my future, will I be responsible for it? You can do this, I tell myself. But then people tell me I'm incompetent. Who should be responsible? I'm tired of being humiliated. No, I'm not trying to be unhappy. Don't tell me the same things aga

Can people think independently?

Philosophy is the whole of our thoughts that have brought us to the present. Since ancient times, people have been asking questions and looking for answers on many topics. I think every person can philosophize because every person can think. Of course, not everyone can do a free philosophy, everyone is dependent on dogmas such as religion and these dogmas prevent us. Of course, religions had to exist somehow. But it is a fact that religions are preventing many people from thinking freely. There are many other factors, not just religion. For example, ideologies. People now choose any existing ideology instead of thinking. They just read a few articles about ideology and that's it. Another example is technology. Yes, the technology is very useful and perfect for saving time. But will we, who don't even want to read books anymore, prevent other people from thinking for us in the future? Maybe because robots will do everything, the people of the future will be the robots of today a

Siddhartha

The book was about Indian philosophy. The main character, Siddhartha, is a person who has devoted himself to Buddha for many years. Siddhartha experiences many events throughout his journey. Although he does not trust any teacher, he encounters many teachers in his life. But one day he meets a woman called "Kamala". He learns to love from this woman. But he has to work because she says she won't teach him for free. As he starts to earn money, he becomes very rich, but leaves his teachings to which he devoted his life. 20 years later, he realizes that he has made a big mistake. He leaves everything and returns to his old life. But this time he begins a more meaningful way. In this way he learns to 'listen'. The river that saved him whispers to him.The book is very meaningful. While I was reading, I saw quotes from "first age" philosophy at many points. I wasn't curious about Indian philosophy, but now I am. Some points didn't make sense to me. But