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Carry on living and fighting
A healthy planet for every child is a dream worth fighting for
Beauty Standards
When we talk about beauty we often think of a typical 90-60-90 body, long legs, skinny face with big eyes, perfect skin... but do you know what? People have flaws and it's normal. You shouldn't blame yourself for acne, the gap between your teeth, freckles on your face or your shoulders or any other features that make you special. Can you catch the thought? Not worse. Special. I was so inspired by beautiful women who appreciate their shapes which are not really perceived by our society. Let's talk about the body. You shouldn't think about how much you weigh. If you like yourself and you feel...
Rising of a Young Activist
As a 17-year-old gender activist from Istanbul, my journey started two years ago when my 7-year-old brother once told me that I was lucky because I just simply could get married and I didn't have to work after. That was probably the moment when I apprehended I was going to be, I had to be the voice of change. That was the moment when I realized the risk of this mindset created by the society. Such a stereotype that even could, and would, affect little child's thought structure. Deeply in my heart, I knew I had to do something, something but didn't know where to start, nor what to do. Since...
First Came the Temple, Then the City
*This article was originally written and published in July 2016 at UNICEF Voices of Youth’s former website. It has since been moved here. In my hometown we often talk about the unappreciated and underrated treasures of our country. I frequently find myself in such conversations, and the one that led me to write this post was about Göbeklitepe, a pre-historic site in Southeastern Turkey. Known to be “the oldest temple of the world”, Göbeklitepe is dated back to Pre-Pottery Neolithic A Period (c. 9600–7300 BC). The peculiarity of the Göbeklitepe site lies in that it contradicts what the studies...
How the Faces of the Medallion Can Change Our Lives
*This article was originally written and published in August 2016 at UNICEF Voices of Youth’s former website. It has since been moved here. Since I figured out how to read and write at the age of 5, I knew what I wanted to do with my life. I have been writing ever since, anything and everything. I write about what I feel, about the stories of the people I meet, about my own experiences, about the troubles of the world… It was only 3 months ago that I came across something called the “writing culture”, something that basically explores and questions the concept of objectivity. It had me...
Information hygiene during the COVID-19 pandemic
We must take precautions for the climate crisis
There's a simple way to avoid the problems that are happening in our world - reducing the release of activated carbon. This pollution is damaging both human health and our planet. Any kind of poison thrown into nature seeps into human Biosystems in the same way. And human beings are desperate to use all modern medicine to remove this poison from the ecosystem. But if we had made this effort all along to stop the climate crisis, we wouldn't be so helpless against nature today. We must never forget: from the smallest micro to the largest macro system, we are all parts of a whole. The destruction...
Three youth projects promoting climate action in Ukraine
Understanding and Addressing the Gender Inequality in the Turkish Educational System
There are a number of areas that Turkey should address in order to progress in terms of education, with the number one issue would be gender inequality, as its short- and long-term effects on education are quite prevalent. Unfortunately, gender inequality affects lives of women in many regions of the country, and the effects are seen starting at an early age. For example, in international standardized tests, we see a trend in which boys score higher than the girls. Although this might hold true for many nations, for Turkey, the difference between the scores of boys and girls is higher than the...
3D printing in the fight against COVID-19 in Ukraine
Take them Out
The social fabric of a society blossoms more when we tie the knots of friendships, tenderness, and awareness tight, care for those in our close eyesight, fighting emotional battles. We all know someone, or know someone who knows someone, facing the dilemma of depressions, fighting the lone battles, emitting the depression vibes. We can feel it or, rather see it in their social media sharing. We are occupied in lives and think what we go through is final we do not see carefully what our social circle is sharing. KEEP A CLOSE LOOK, are they sharing some posts, statuses which have sad reactions...
World Children's Day Challenge 2020 - The little change
We should all help to make the world a better place, to make children in a better place. My drawing shows that we can have a healthier and happier world without discrimination as we help our planet to grow.
Caring for the mental well-being
How Do You Treat Yourself?
Do that three things to be respected, -Treat yourself like you deserved -Treat others gentle -Give all of your love to people you care Firstly, you might be hurted by world, by someone or by your parents. But isn't it enough? You are worth everything. This Earth is spinning just for you to live. We are nothing compares to universe. But it is still a miracle that you alive. This sunsets and sunrises meant for you. When you did deserve those beauties, why you allow people to treat you like they wanted? No one can hurt you like they want or they can't define you. Treat people as gentle as you can...
Importance of our life
We are mostly at home this year because of the pandemic, When we are very bored or distraught, we rarely go out or at least go to a window and breathe deeply. This breath reminds us how important it is. That breath saves us when we furious and feel like can't find a way to out. Understanding the importance of breathing and still being in life and living with this knowledge is actually a great source of motivation.You will know when you take off the mask after a long break or when you are traveling in the car when you open the car window and feel the wind in your face. Don't you feel happy in a...
Am I Productive Enough?
“Get your summer body in quarantine”, “Learn a new language during quarantine”, “Quarantine is a great time to write a book or start a business.”, “Be more productive during quarantine.” Aren’t we bored of always hearing and reading those kinds of things on social media? And are we really not being productive? I started thinking that I wasn’t being productive when all of the social media started talking about ways to be productive during the quarantine. Seeing girls eating avocado toasts or people learning new languages made me nervous about productivity. But soon I realized that I was all...