Category: Travel Diaries
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Those Who Invented the Airplane Deserve to Go to Heaven!
I wrote a blog post the day I got on a plane for the very first time.You might remember it.The experience was so mesmerizing that I couldn’t shake the feeling for weeks. A gigantic machine… flying through the sky.And it’s being controlled by a human being. That moment just before takeoff,when the engines suddenly roar…
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A Journey That Hurt More Than It Healed
I had volunteered to join a cultural trip organized by the local municipality to visit historical museums.I hoped it would be a meaningful experience — full of history, beautiful places, and maybe even new friendships with people my age from the same region. And at first, it was.At least on the first day.But the next…
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Forgotten Childhoods: Reflections After a Village Visit
This is not an emotional lament. I want to speak about facts. Whether they taste like sorrow or sweetness, truth is often the sharpest medicine. Recently, I visited a family in a small village. The little girls I met there made me think. Maybe they weren’t even aware of it, but the helplessness they lived…
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After the Dreams That Turned to Dust
Time moves slowly in the village. Every morning, I wake up to the same view—stone walls, cracked roads, faces that never change. I feel trapped in a loop. I can’t move forward, and there’s nothing to go back to. The hours seem to grow heavier on purpose; every minute weighs on me like a burden.…
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The Poison Beneath Innocence
There is a poison beneath innocence, a deep poison… This phrase, although difficult to understand at first glance, begins to make sense when you spend even just a few days in a village. In the villages of the Middle East, observing the lives of women is an experience that deeply hurts the soul. Understanding this…
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On the Verge of Leaving Istanbul: A Confession of Fear
On April 17th, I boarded a plane for the first time in my life.The excitement of that moment felt like I was tasting freedom for the very first time.I even shared that experience with you.And what I wrote was read more than any of my other writings.Maybe, for the first time, I had written a…
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My First Flight: The Awakening of a Dream
I’m experiencing the excitement of boarding a plane for the very first time in my life. We set off for the airport in the early hours of the morning. The roads were dark, but it was the perfect moment for dreaming. Inside me, there was a sense of restlessness, curiosity… but above all, the dreams…
