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…

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…

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…

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…

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……

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…

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…

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. …

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…