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Sometimes a word is not just a word. It is a mirror of an era. Recently, while chatting with my grandmother, I used an expression we use frequently in daily life. She looked at me, smiled, and asked, “What does that mean?” At that moment I realized that even though we speak the same language, we are not living by the same words. In the past, our elders taught us words we did not know. Now the roles seem to have reversed. They are trying to learn the meanings of new words from us. “Story,” “cring

Manaki Brothers, in the final period of the Ottoman Empire, were pioneering figures in photography and cinema history who operated in the Balkans. Of Ottoman subjects and ethnically Vlach (Aroman), the brothers documented the social, cultural, and political history of the Balkans through short documentary-style footage they began capturing from the early 20th century. Documentary on the Manaki Brothers (TRT 2) " youtube-video-element-format="right" youtube-video-id="Tqjg67pVeOo"> Lives Childh

Yücelciler (Yücel Organization) is a secret Turkish organization established to preserve the national, cultural, and religious identity of the Turks living within the borders of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia after World War II, particularly in Macedonia. Founded in 1941 with its center in Skopje, the organization aimed to foster national consciousness among Macedonian Turks primarily through educational, cultural, and media activities.【1】 Key figures in the founding of the organiz

The title of our article is taken from a poem written by Sezai Karakoç in February 1959. However, in this piece we will address a different subject than a poetic analysis: wearing a dress stained with blood and never wanting to change it… The poem begins with these lines: “You added something of yourself You made death beautiful”【1】 Today I learned of the death of Sultan Özcan, known on social media as “the red-clad woman.” Who was this red-clad woman and why were they calling her that? I first

Collective memory: is a concept that argues the processes of remembering and forgetting by individuals who constitute a society are shaped within a social framework, that memory is constructed through social relations and continuously reproduced.【1】 This approach asserts that memory is not merely a biological function of the individual brain, but that the act of remembering occurs through social cues, materials, and contexts.【2】 First developed in the 1920s by French sociologist Maurice Halbwach

The Battersea Poltergeist Case, refers to a series of poltergeist phenomena reportedly occurring between 1956 and 1968 at 63 Wycliffe Road in the Battersea district of London, England, in the home of the Hitchings family. The case became one of the most debated poltergeist incidents in the United Kingdom due to the mysterious appearance of Shirley Hitchings, numerous eyewitness accounts, extensive media coverage, and decades-long documentation by paranormal researcher Harold Chibbett. Records of

The Pendle Witch Trials, which took place in 1612 in the county of Lancashire, England, are among the most extensive witch trials in the country’s history. Considering that fewer than 500 people were executed for witchcraft over a period of more than 300 years in England, the death sentences handed down in the Pendle case alone accounted for approximately 2 percent of all witch executions in English history.【1】 Details of the case have reached us through the official records compiled and publish

Nüshu (Chinese: 女书) is the only unique writing system in the world that has remained exclusively female. It was developed and used for centuries by women in the rural areas of Jiangyong County in Hunan Province, China. The term literally means "women's script." This system was first introduced to the academic world in 1982 by scholar Gong Zhebing during his research on the Yao ethnic group.【1】 In scholarly literature, Nüshu is described by its uniqueness, mystery, locality, and richness. It deve

While walking among the stones of the historic Buda district of Budapest, in the ruins of the former Budin Castle, one can trace the legacy of one of the most dramatic endings in Ottoman history. Here, the memory of Abdurrahman Abdi Pasha, the last beylerbeyi of Budin, who lost his life defending the city during its fall, still lives on. What makes his story extraordinary is not merely that a statesman in his seventies fought until his final moment. The truly remarkable aspect is that centuries

Aokigahara Forest (青木ヶ原樹海) is a geographical area located at the base of Mount Fuji that has gained widespread media attention due to reports of suicides. Due to its dense forest structure, it is also known as “Jukai” (Sea of Trees) and has become the center of narratives in Japan surrounding themes of death, disappearance, and silence. Through literature, cinema, journalism, and online content, it has transformed into a powerful image associated with the narrative of the “suicide forest,” both