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Turkan Devrijova
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Published in ILLUMINATION

·Jan 15, 2021

How to Stay Calm and Keep the Mood High in Stressful Situations

14 useful ways to win over stress — It’s a crazy world. It’s been a year we have been fighting COVID-19, and now it's mutations; we saw forest fires, fallen planes, protests, lockdowns, got stuck at home in quarantine for months; still dealing with the unemployment issue, poverty, starvation, global warming all around the world. While I am…

Personal Development

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How to Stay Calm and Keep the Mood High in Stressful Situations
How to Stay Calm and Keep the Mood High in Stressful Situations
Personal Development

14 min read


Published in ILLUMINATION

·Oct 10, 2020

Nagorno Karabakh Conflict. Part 1: What is Really Going On?

Azerbaijan is at war (yes, in 2020) to restore its territorial integrity — Today is the 13th day of the war. I can’t write. I can't focus and work. All I do is checking the news and social networks frequently, trying to share honest and unbiased information as much as possible. I want to do the best of all I can, as I…

Azerbaijan

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Nagorno Karabakh Conflict. Part 1: What is really going on?
Nagorno Karabakh Conflict. Part 1: What is really going on?
Azerbaijan

11 min read


Published in ILLUMINATION

·Sep 4, 2020

13 Important Life Lessons for All

I am the voice of my Dad’s wisdom in this article — We just had a video call. My family lives in a different town most of the time for my Dad’s work, and I live alone. But we are close and continuously in contact. I have been thinking of writing this post for a while since my dad has always been…

Life Lessons

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13 Important Life Lessons for All
13 Important Life Lessons for All
Life Lessons

10 min read


Published in ILLUMINATION

·Aug 29, 2020

Improve Your Life with This Simple Hawaiian Practice — “Ho’oponopono”

Because you deserve forgiveness and healing — Come closer! I am here with something unique — a simple yet effective practice for self-forgiveness, inner peace, and their magical consequences that will change your life. This practice is called “Ho’oponopono.” Ho’oponopono is a Hawaiian word which means ho’o- to make, pono- right, and translated as “to make it…

Forgiveness

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Improve Your Life with This Simple Hawaian Practice — “Ho’oponopono”
Improve Your Life with This Simple Hawaian Practice — “Ho’oponopono”
Forgiveness

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Published in ILLUMINATION

·Aug 15, 2020

How to Succeed on Medium- from a Beginner’s Perspective

Seven tips based on my observations and experiments so far. — Here you are! Another “how to write on Medium” post. I am not going to bombard you with writing rules and guidelines since I have not reached a place yet to teach anything extraordinary about Medium writing. I enjoyed my interaction and positive comments from the readers up to now……

Writing

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How to Succeed on Medium- from a Beginner’s Perspective
How to Succeed on Medium- from a Beginner’s Perspective
Writing

6 min read


Published in ILLUMINATION

·Jul 24, 2020

Women and Cultural Values are in Danger in This Country…

Noone needs the mosque Hagia Sofia when your country is rolling into hell — Another news on crime against women in Turkey. My heart aches again. I just opened twitter to see the hashtags #pinargultekin #pinargultekinicinadalet about a 27-year-old young, youthful lady being killed, burned, and poured cement on by her ex-boyfriend for rejecting to be with him. This is a type of violence…

Culture

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Women and cultural values are in danger in this country…
Women and cultural values are in danger in this country…
Culture

6 min read


Published in ILLUMINATION

·Jul 9, 2020

Improve Your Life with These Lessons From Netflix’s Dark

It is relevant to everyone whether you watched the series or not — Note: Limited spoilers are inevitable “What is all that hype about Dark?” I asked seeing everyone talking about this series on Netflix. So I started watching it out of curiosity and finished all 3 seasons in 5 days! Let me note, this post is not merely about Dark, but the…

Personal Development

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Improve Your Life with These Lessons From Netflix’s Dark
Improve Your Life with These Lessons From Netflix’s Dark
Personal Development

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Published in Blue Insights

·Jun 28, 2020

Seven Ways Towards Acceptance and Moving On

Once You Accomplish This Self-Victory, You Will Never Be the Same — “Turkan, you have changed.” said my friend the other day. I asked what she meant and she said now I can accept things as they are. She was right. The difference is obvious when looking at me now and me a few years ago. …

Personal Development

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Seven Ways Towards Acceptance and Moving On
Seven Ways Towards Acceptance and Moving On
Personal Development

6 min read


Published in Blue Insights

·Jun 21, 2020

30 Rumi quotes that will change your perspectives on life

All you need is to have an open heart and mind ready to accept… Everyone knows me as Turkan Devrijova (Türkan Devricova). But my real surname is Dervish. When my Dad was a newborn yet, the officials at the passport registration office misspelled his surname, so it stayed that way…

Spirituality

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30 Rumi quotes that will change your perspectives on life
30 Rumi quotes that will change your perspectives on life
Spirituality

5 min read


Published in Music Voices

·May 11, 2020

I back-stepped on taking a selfie with Lady Gaga

Power of a smile — It was June 12, 2015. A huge and bright Opening Ceremony was organized for the commencement of the First European Games in Baku. I was working at the Cultural segment of the Opening and Closing ceremonies, as a part of the Choreography team. For the note, in such kind of…

Lady Gaga

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I back-stepped on taking a selfie with Lady Gaga
I back-stepped on taking a selfie with Lady Gaga
Lady Gaga

4 min read

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Turkan Devrijova

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