Article Five: If You Have No Reason

Either Grant Me The Bliss Of The Ignorant Or Give Me The Strength To Bear The Knowledge.

Even A Speck Of Love Should Not Go Unappreciated, Because, As Rumi Said, Love Is The Water Of Life.

I See Two Opposite Tendencies In Turkish Society: People Feel Demoralized, They Lose The Interest In Politics And Retreat To Their Private Lives; Or They Become Very Angry And Even More Politicized, And Radicalized. Both Trends Are Troublesome.

But Let Us Not Forget That Cities Are Like Human Beings. They Are Born, They Go Through Childhood And Adolescence, They Grow Old, And Eventually They Die

One Night, A Group Of Moths Gathered On A Shelf Watching A Burning Candle. Puzzled By The Nature Of The Light, They Sent One Of Their Members To Go And Check On It. The Scouting Moth Circled The Candle Several Times And Came Back With A Description: The Light Was Bright. Then A Second Moth Went To Examine It. He, Too, Came Back With An Observation: The Light Was Hot. Finally A Third Moth Volunteered To Go. When He Approached The Candle He Didn't Stop Like His Friends Had Done, But Flew Straight Into The Flame. He Was Consumed There And Then, And Only He Understood The Nature Of The Light.