
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
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Johatsu is a sociological term derived from the Japanese word meaning "evaporation" or "evaporated people" that describes the act of individuals voluntarily abandoning their current lives, families, jobs, and identities without leaving any trace. Historical Development This phenomenon first entered social literature in the 1960s when individuals seeking to escape unhappy marriages abandoned their spouses due to the difficulty of divorce proceedings.【1】 In later decades, during the early 1990s, t
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