A holiday is not just for relaxing, but also for thinking

I was watching the news on the television before the long vacation started.

They were discussing the murders of women and the figures on violence against women.

The figures are frightening. In addition, it has continued to increase over the last 10 years.

Then I began to think. My friends write articles about book recommendations, informing readers with the weekend editions and the list of books that can be read during summer vacation. I also do the same thing myself many times. But this is not because of a certain literature taste or knowledge; it is to know people from those books.

When you read about female writers—here, I ask for forgiveness from Tomris Uyar's soul for making this distinction—you can learn about women's cultural and existential identity. There are many qualified works of art written about this issue by our contemporary writers. If we read them, we can realize many things.
There are many campaigns being done one after the other, for many years now.

We are always talking about women's education and female empowerment. But are we really showing enough effort for this?

I am afraid that first "men" must be educated. If they would conduct research concerning the most frequently used words by people who hold a "press conference" or a statement anywhere, I believe that "man" and "manhood" will be among the most frequently used words!

I wish we could first succeed in becoming "human."

We hear about the concept of a "role model." Are we portraying the people who are successful in literature and the sports world as exemplary personalities on television? Not really. We keep seeing the same popular names over and over.

Yet, the role of the media is for the ones who really...