
You know the unique, time-stopping scent of classrooms; a blend of chalk dust, old wood, and a faint sweetness of nervous energy... But what truly brings a classroom to life is not its painted walls nor the blackboard standing in the corner. The true spirit of the classroom lies deep within the worn, time-worn school desks, their surfaces smoothed by years of elbows resting upon them. Are there not names carved into those desks with a compass point or a ballpoint pen during the most tedious mome
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Nida Üstün

Tarlabaşı is a historic neighborhood located in the Beyoğlu district of İstanbul, northeast of the Haliç. It encompasses an area bounded by Dolapdere Caddesi to the north, Tarlabaşı Bulvarı (where Cumhuriyet Caddesi meets Taksim Meydanı) and the British Embassy Building to the south.【1】 Over its historical development, the neighborhood has undergone major demographic, physical and sociological transformations and is today associated with phenomena such as migration, poverty, urban renewal and "s
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Kadriye Beyza Kirenci

In a room, six or perhaps eight people sit side by side. The same hesitation on their faces, the same avoiding glances in their eyes… Each person has come to sit there carrying their own inner storm, and each is nearly certain of this: “No one can understand what I am going through, this chaos and deadlock inside me. This burden rests only on my shoulders.” When a person is alone with their pain, they feel like the sole inhabitant of the world, the only living being carrying that wound. Even ami
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Nida Üstün

Ahbap Association investigation is a judicial inquiry initiated on 12 July 2026 by the Istanbul Public Prosecutor’s Office following allegations that donations collected in the name of the Ahbap Association were transferred in large amounts to the personal accounts of certain suspects. The scope of the investigation was later expanded after claims emerged that earthquake donations had been used for purposes other than their intended aim. Within the scope of the investigation, numerous suspects i
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Edanur Karakoç