The Bricks of Mind and Culture: Memes
Humanity exists, sustains itself, and builds civilizations upon a heritage, and genes and memes, which are altered and…
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Lullaby, My Baby
Sleep, baby, sleepYour father tends the sheepYour mother shakes the dreamland treeAnd from it fall sweet dreams for…
Perspectives on Identity and Religion
What is identity? What is its relationship to religion and culture? How does it relate to modernization? What…
One Man, Equal to a Species
It was an interesting dream. In ancient times, creatures that were destined for destruction questioned why they were…
Hearts and Minds for a Country: Nation and the Construction of Self Identity
We can speak of an alienation that comes with the contractual culture of the modern state. Nevertheless, such…
Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway: A Different Perspective
Looking at Virginia Woolf’s contemplations of characters in “Mrs. Dalloway” and Said Nursi’s ruminations on profound inner struggles,…
Thinking Fast, Thinking Slow, and Thinking Together
Decision-making is a cognitive process that constantly runs in the background of our minds, resulting in choices made…
Micro-regulators of Life
The inventory of the universe is composed of matter, which is located in stars and galaxies. Only a…
The Sacred Suffering
The human is a lone traveler in this world; we are obliged to travel for the sake of…
100
100 is an impressive number: It is the top score one can get on an exam; every soccer…
Istanbul: Poverty and Wealth in the Sacred Texts of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
Sacred Texts and Human Contexts: Poverty and Wealth in the Sacred Texts of Judaism, Christianity, and IslamFatih University,…
The positive impact of fasting on your health
The blessed month of Ramadan is a time for worship, devotion and reflection on the deeper meaning of…
Tea in Turkish Culture
Some sources mention that Turks traded and consumed tea as early as 400 BC, but tea only became…
The Fountain Issue 99
From “psychology of morality” to “embracing mortality” The Fountain 99 introduces a vast perspective on how “laborers of…
Success that Fails, Failure that Succeeds
Stories of success and failure are quite convoluted. Usually, success is associated with happiness and failure comes in…