DiDigital Nostalgia is a concept referring to the process through which individual and social experiences of the past are recalled, shared, and reinterpreted via digital media environments. The term nostalgia derives from the Greek words nostos, meaning “return home,” and algos, meaning “pain” or longing; initially, it was associated with an individual’s yearning for their homeland.【1】 Over time, this meaning expanded to encompass not only a physical desire to return but also a broader emotional o
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Beyza Nur YILDIZ

Sorrow and Chance is a collection of short stories by Turkish writer Mustafa Kutlu. The book draws attention with its profound introspective observations, the warmth of rural life, and a longing for traditional values. It contains seventeen short stories.SubjectLike the title story “Sorrow and Chance”, the book generally explores the coincidences losses and fragile joys in the lives of ordinary people. Events unfold sometimes at a train station, sometimes in a village mosque, sometimes during a
ENMehmet Denizhan

This work presents the physical beauty and profound meaning of the mansions lining Istanbul’s Bosphorus, alongside Hisar’s personal memories, as a time-space document. Beginning with the mansions of his childhood, it records the former inhabitants, structures, and way of life along the strait. This structure encompasses both his own memory and the small details of Istanbul’s large-scale historical transformation.While Hisar constructs a nostalgic narrative of the past, he simultaneously revives
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Yahya B. Keskin

Abdülhak Şinasi Hisar’s work *Geçmiş Zaman Köşkleri* was published in 1956. In this book, the author recounts his life in places such as Boğaziçi, Büyükada, and Çamlıca, where he spent his childhood and early youth. The work describes Istanbul’s spaces and ways of life that once existed but changed over time.*Geçmiş Zaman Köşkleri* presents a narrative grounded in the author’s personal memories while also offering observations on Istanbul’s cultural and social fabric. The book contains represent
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Yahya B. Keskin

Can you describe what it feels like to long for something you never experienced?For instance, longing for a cassette you never held, a Walkman you never turned on, or feeling emotionally moved by a character in the TV series “Super Dad” as if he were your own father—even though you never watched a single episode live...Our generation—those born in the 2000s—curiously keeps looking back at the past. We claim memories from eras we never lived through. We miss streets we never walked. We defend a t
ENDuru Aslan

History, Development, and Technical FeaturesThe gramophone is one of the first devices to play sound recordings mechanically. It amplifies sound by tracing the grooves on a disc with a needle. Developed at the end of the 19th century as a significant invention in sound recording and reproduction technology, the gramophone was invented by Emile Berliner and first patented in 1887. Unlike devices such as the phonograph and graphophone, the gramophone operates on the principle of recording sound vi
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Emine Beyza Yiğittürk

Yeşil Deniz is a Turkish television series in the romantic comedy and drama genres, produced by TFT Yapım and first broadcast on TRT 1 on 24 October 2014. The series, with its screenplay written by Ali Kara, İdris Meydi and Serkan Birlik and directed by Yahya Samancı, was produced by Ayfer Özgürel. It aired a total of 75 episodes between 2014 and 2016, concluding on 8 April 2016. In addition to TRT 1, the series is also available on the TRT Tabii platform. The story is set in a coastal town in t
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Ayşe Hümeyra Akkanat