Almila İlhanOpposition parties, report your location, over!On March 10, 2019, when Turkey was on the verge of local elections, I finalized the below piece as “ There’s a fairly large elephant in…Jul 15, 2020Jul 15, 2020
Almila İlhanSound of Silence“The Sound of Silence”, a hit by Simon & Garfunkel in the 60s conveys a strong message about the dangers of ignorance which still feels…Mar 26, 2020Mar 26, 2020
Almila İlhanMotherhood In Corona DaysFirst thing first: I’m not going to tell you the amazing feeling of motherhood or how precious and special it is; because, I don’t really…Mar 23, 2020Mar 23, 2020
Almila İlhanBabacan Raises the Stakes for Political Pandemic“Cause the house always wins. Play long enough, you never change the stakes. The house takes you. Unless, when that perfect hand comes…Mar 16, 2020Mar 16, 2020
Almila İlhanBig Brother is Watching You“Don’t you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we shall make thought-crime literally…Aug 5, 2019Aug 5, 2019
Almila İlhanWhoever Touches It Gets BurnedA dark room appears on the screen with an enormous screen hanging on the wall, and in a fierce tone and rage a man with a wrinkled face…Jul 22, 2019Jul 22, 2019
Almila İlhanBack to The FutureIt was the fall of 1989; the children were glued to the screen for Dr. Emmett Brown’s amazing time traveling car. “Marty! I need you to go…Jul 15, 2019Jul 15, 2019
Almila İlhanWind of Change“The world is closing in Did you ever think That we could be so close, like brothers The future’s in the air I can feel it everywhere…Jul 8, 2019Jul 8, 2019
Almila İlhanIstanbul Reloaded“This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill — the story ends, you wake up in your bed and…Jul 8, 2019Jul 8, 2019
Almila İlhanA Tale of a City“I see a beautiful city and a brilliant people rising from this abyss. I see the lives for which I lay down my life, peaceful, useful…Jul 8, 2019Jul 8, 2019
