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…3 min read·Jul 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…3 min read·Mar 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…7 min read·Mar 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…6 min read·Mar 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…7 min read·Aug 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…6 min read·Jul 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…6 min read·Jul 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…5 min read·Jul 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…6 min read·Jul 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…6 min read·Jul 8, 2019----