Is Geography Your Destiny, or Can You Write Your Own Destiny? (Tr: Coğrafya Senin Kaderin midir, Yoksa Kaderini Kendin Yazabilir misin? )
When I was a newborn, politics had already started affecting my life. Yet, I smiled and cried just like the other babies. Perhaps I should have cried more as a baby, should have been sadder than anyone else. I should have been sadder because I was born into the lap of a huge problem that would cast a negative shadow over my entire life. Before I even had a sense of reality, political issues and interests had begun to 'other' me. "Welcome to the world, baby. Yes, you were born in the TRNC. How does it feel to be born in a place where you will have to fight for even your simplest rights, where politics will never be absent from your life, and where societal interests are disregarded for the sake of personal gains?" Around this time last year, I shared a post on my social media account. I was once again overwhelmed. I only mentioned how much the mixed marriage issue had affected me and hoped that the authorities would take various initiatives to solve the problem as soon...