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This is the English corner of Opereyşın: Featuring selected articles, original essays, and curated translations for a global audience.
We have taller buildings but shorter tempers;Wider highways but narrower viewpoints… We spend more, but have less;We buy more, but are less satisfied. We have bigger houses but smaller families;More conveniences, but less time… We have...
Opereysin was never a “professional” project for us. The blog — named by my brother İsmail — began when he was just starting high school, and I was about to leave Istanbul to study medicine. It...
To foreign lands, our road was cast,Alone we stood, outstripped and vast.This ache of parting grips our chestIf we’re not exiled, say, what are we? Each blow has come, without delay,Friends turned to foes along the...
A few days ago, Emir Karşıyakalı, founder of Kommunity, shared some thoughts on Twitter about using IDEs*. What he said doesn’t just apply to software—it resonates with every field where people debate whether or not to...
Whether you’re young or old, rich or poor, successful or struggling, the people around you can be loosely grouped into four distinct categories —forming the beginning of the word we all long for: FRIEND. 1. F...
In 1998 my then-girlfriend and I spent two weeks in Istanbul as guests of one of its biggest daily newspapers. When I returned to New York, I began writing a memoir of our time there. I never finished...
The charcoal-scented narrow streets of Fatih* know me. The dignified avenues, still holding onto their identity, know me, too.
Sheikh Ghalib, a Turkish poet who was one of the great representatives of the diwan literature, completed his Diwan in 1780, when he was just 24 years old. The owner of the famous saying, “His can’t...
