The International Chronicles
BY AMNA KARA (MAN/IV) Name: Sarah Zapf Department: International Relations and Management/Erasmus Country of Origin: Germany What do you like best about Turkey? Why did you decide to come here? I really do love
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On the Fab Four
Jesus was one of the most important figures to have shaped popular culture – second only to The Beatles. Although I can count more than a hundred musicians and bands who did music better
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On Creating
Exam time has arrived once more, and though I have obligations, I keep catching my mind turning back to an idea that struck me some time ago: creating something extraordinary does not require that
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A Moment of Madness
It’s always a special moment when you find new music that you like when you’re checking out a playlist on Spotify, letting YouTube autoplay some songs for you or listening to a radio station;
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The Roof of the World: Part 2
Having arrived in the stunning and vibrant city of Katmandu, where history and culture merge together in their rawest and most pungent form, I was seeing more cultural beauty than I had in a
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On The Things They Carried, Part I
As November draws to a close, I’m finally, perhaps a little reluctantly, returning to the theme I originally intended for this column: I’d wanted to write opinions on material from the Bilkent Library. And
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I have very few works by American progressive rock musicians in my playlist. So I’m glad that I recently discovered the band Echolyn and their relatively large discography. One obvious thing about the band
Read More »Living on Blue Days
The depressing thing about autumn is feeling, with great clarity, how fast time passes. A couple of weeks ago, the tree facing me had emerald green leaves with only small flecks of yellow. A
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