
Human beings occupy in the universe a space equal to the volume of their own emptiness. But some spirits fill that emptiness with such a sharp, unyielding seepage that even the silence left behind becomes a roaring river. Nilgün Marmara was one of those delicate and unyielding voices who treated this planet as a two-step lodging and watched its backyards early on, choosing departure as an act of will to preserve her own truth. Her poetry is a spiritual journey that wanders at the limits of endur
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Nursena Şahin
DoDo you understand what I keep hidden inside? The sentences I could never say, the ones that remain within me? Can you read me in my eyes, The silent thoughts I have nurtured in my heart? Do you know what I think through the nights, The memories left behind in the past? Can you hear the storms that break within me, The feelings I could never tell anyone? Can you see beyond the smile on my face, The resentment I hide, the silence within me? Will you ever truly understand me, When I sometimes canno
ENEsmanur Aykut

The Shahmaran Legend; a traditional narrative cherished and preserved through oral and written cultural traditions within Turkish storytelling, reaching the present day in various forms.【1】 The mythical creature known as Shahmaran or Shahmeran, described as having a human head—largely female—and a serpent’s body, derives from the Persian expression “Shah-i Mârân,” meaning “king of serpents.” In Semitic legends, this being is referred to as “Yamliha,” a name carrying the meanings “to rule” or “to
ENTalha Yıldırım

When speaking of postapocalyptic fiction in the literary world, one of the most magnificent and unsettling works that comes to mind is undoubtedly by the king of horror, Stephen King. Originally titled The Stand, and translated into our language as Mahşer, it is far more than just a story of a viral pandemic; it is an epic saga of rebirth from the ashes of human nature, faith, and civilization. This monumental novel invites the reader on a relentless, dark, yet utterly compelling journey. The En
ENGökçe Baykurt