Where to go from here ? How to draw lines and maintain privacy, after having exposed that I have been a survivor of domestic violence ? After reading Alice’s Miller “The Body Never Lies”, I had started sharing publically any type of harassment I had come across. The book described what I had known sinceContinue reading “Where Have We Left Off?”
Category Archives: Domestic Violence
I don’t need a husband, nor a victim-blaming therapist
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. As you know, I moved in with my boyfriend when I was 23 and he turned out to be a domestic abuser. It took me 2 years to completely abandon him. Yet within the frame of this month, I would like to share a fundamental aspect of my experience whichContinue reading “I don’t need a husband, nor a victim-blaming therapist”
WHAT IF VIANNE HAD FALLEN IN LOVE WITH COMTE DE REYNAUD ?
Two particular moments during the first lockdown helped me to rediscover and reclaim essential parts my personality, which were temporarily inaccessible to me due to the traces of my domestic violence experience. In quarantine, I cooked a couple of times for my family. I cooked meatballs, the Turkish köfte. I overheard my parents talking, “ItContinue reading “WHAT IF VIANNE HAD FALLEN IN LOVE WITH COMTE DE REYNAUD ?”
“Victory is for those, who can say…”
I choreographed and performed in my first music video. It got extensively featured in Turkish mainstream media. They describe my dance with one word: Unique. I am open to debates about whether uniqueness exists, what uniqueness is, whether my dance is unique, etc. I am open to rational criticisms (If you want to translate thatContinue reading ““Victory is for those, who can say…””
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