THE MARTIAN

THE MARTIAN

Let me tell about producers of the Martian movie before its topic.The Martian was directed by Ridley Scott in 2014-2015.Drew Goddard adapted the novel written by Andy Weir in 2011 .And he wrote a script for the film.Simon Kinberg,Michael Schaefer,Aditya Sood and Mark Huffam are producers and the fictioner is Pietro Scalia.

As for the topic it is year 2035.Mark Watney (Matt Damon who is the headliner) is member of the crew Ares III in NASA. When they were in Mars, they have to cancel their duty because of a duststorm.They suppose Watney is dead and leave Mars.But he is just fainted.He wakes up and goes to the life barracks.he starts to record himself on video messages.He is a botanist and he grows potatoes using stools of the crew.He gets water by combining hydrogen and oxygen.

Meanwhile, NASA picks him out and starts to work. But they fail. Watney calculates the next visit of Ares IV.Then he finds a scout vehicle and communicate with NASA.Then,they say to the crew Ares III,that he is alive.After NASA’s Works fail,the crew decides to save Watney.So,they return to Mars for him.

Filming started on November 25,2014 in Hungary, Budapest.The director chose 3D cameras for  the film.Real potatoes were grown.There are some scenes in Wadi Rum,Jordan that is UNESCO World Heritage Site.Wadi Rum was used for the films ‘Mars,Red Planet,The Last Days On Mars’,too.Filming took about 70 days.

I watched ‘The Martian’ with my family. We all liked it.Because it is the film of tenacity and determination and it appeals to people of all ages.’The Martian’ is story of never giving up.And there are some lessons for us in it like friendship and struggle to stay alive.You should definitely watch it.

                                                                                                                          Mustafa Kalfa

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LAW OF ATTRACTION

LAW OF ATTRACTION

Law of Attraction is a vibration of attraction. You can believe or can not believe but this is real. You have a vibration of your emotions, thoughts, intuitions. All of them turn objects and spread frequency to universe even you don’t realize. If you are aware of that you are using the law of attraction, you can control what you attract into your life. Let your emotions and intuitions guide you.

You are a human. You may think that why do the whole bad things find me? I know the answer, because of you. You focus on just bad things. You should change your mind. You should be more optimistic. You can have a problem in your life. Bad things can happen. This is life. Sometimes bad things, sometimes good things happen. You should focus on what you want to the universe. For example, a car, a good job, health, losing weight, getting more money, being happy etc. You can not own these things while you are just sitting. You have to act. How?

First thing that you have to do is relax. As I said first, focus on what you want to do in the universe. I suggest, do not do it when you are busy, you can do it at anywhere as quiet as your room. You should just sit or lie down. Rescue yourself from thoughts that you are limited and then start to imagine what you want and send a Picture to the universe. Do not forget you are like a magnet and when you think really a lot, you attract it.

You can also write your wishes on paper. You should explain how it looks like, what its size. What its features etc. Also make sentences in present tense, don’t accept past tense or future. You have to make positive sentences, don’t accept negatives. When you say “I don’t want to have acnes in my face.” They will probably spread to whole your face. Subconscious mind doesn’t hear this, it hears just “I want to have acnes.”. It is free to record what it hears so you should keep on your thoughts or sentences in the positive states.

Afterwards, you will feel better if you really believe. Think what you want and send it to the universe. Next moving is waiting patiently while you are doing nothing. No what I mean is that universe is not a magic wand or magic fairy. You have to do something for your wishes. Firstly you have to preserve and deserve it and the universe is going to give a gift which includes your wishes to you.

The basic feature of the universe is giving. The universe always gives us. Flowers bloom, trains, vegetables and fruits grow up, the sun rises and warms us. You should be patient, you should believe and trust to the universe. Subconscious mind hates changings, it reacts and fights with you to give up. Fight with it and win. This is your mind, don’t let it control you. Take the control on your hands. Think positive.

Another point is that you should realize that you have already had many things. You can see, hear, smell, run, think etc. You should also list them. They don’t have to be big things. For instance, you have a car but it is not last model. But this doesn’t change the fact that you have already had a car. It doesn’t matter it is expensive or not. Many people don’t have even small and old car. You have to see enough what you all had. Being thankful even for small things makes you good and relax. If you realize that, you can show the gratitude. It is important because this pushes you to think positive and your positive frequency spreads to the universe. Feeling good keeps you close to your wishes. Focus on better to something that you are grateful to have. Being grateful brings more than what you have.

In addition, you will probably get your gift from the universe but you have to learn to wait. Nothing happens immediately. When you were born, you were not like a man who is 30. You were baby and grew up slowly. You experienced many things while you were growing up. So you should keep calm and wait to take what you want from the universe.

Taking everything into consideration, we can put it how Law of Attraction Works in order. Firstly, you have to know what you exactly want to attract into your life and you should keep on believing this and be positive, after that the universe will give your wishes to you. It is that simple.
                                                                                                                                                   

Zeynep Filiz Kaya

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MUSLIMS IN MYANMAR

         

 MUSLIMS IN MYANMAR

Myanmar, also known as Burma, is located in Southeast Asia between China, India and Thailand. It was founded in 1948 and its population is about 50 million. There is majority of Buddhists here, but in terms of ethnic groups there are at least 100 different ethnics, including Burmese, Shan, Karen, Chinese.One of the ethnics is Rohingyas who are particularly Muslims. But there is a problem; Burma government doesnt accept them. They deny their citizenship and send them to refugee camps without food and water. But the interesting thing is; Government does not accept the Rohingya, and also says 'They cant leave, either'. According to Burma government; 'Most of the migrants do not belong to Myanmar but Bangladesh. So they can not alter their policy toward the 'Bengalis'. It seems they are so strict about this decision. But what about the people who are hungary and dying? There are 140.000 people living in huts without food. They need medicine, as well. They depend on international aids. On the other hand, Rohingyas who live in cities(not refugee camps) have no rights to vote, enter professions like law and medicine and even receive passport. So they could not vote for president in last election which was said 'it will be a big step for democracy'. In fact, people were hopeful about president Aung San Suu Kyi who won the Nobel Peace Prize. But we see sho does not attempt about this situation.

Rohingyas, the worlds most persecuted minority, are hopeless now. They are hungary and dying due to the lack of medicine. Some of them try to run and reach Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand. But none of their neighbours, including Bangladesh, want to take them in. Malaysia said 'I would like them to be turned back and ask them to go back to their own country. But the problem is; Rohingya have no country.

                                                                                                                       Ayşegül Demir       

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BREAKFAST

BREAKFAST

Breakfast is a meal like lunch and dinner. It is the first meal of day. Dieticians suggest that one should have breakfast after waking up in at least 2 hours. Thus, you can both obtain the energy you need and you can make your day more active.Breakfast is the most important meal of the day and it varies from culture to culture. Now I'm going to mention some of them.In Thailand, breakfast doesn't include unique food. Food consumed in lunch and dinner are also eaten at breakfast. Like fried rice, roasted pork or chicken etc. can be bought  from vendors in streets.

Chock: It's a typical rice mush eaten at breakfast in Thailand and its similiar to those in Far East.

Nam Tao Hoo: It's a kind of soy milk which is generally served with sweet jelly.

Khao Khai Chiao: It's a kind of omelette which is generally eaten with tabasco and cucumber.

Syrians prefer rich breakfast. A typical Syrian breakfast consist of butter, olive, egg, tomato, cucumber, jam, honey and cheese.In France, croissant and cakes filled with chocolate are eaten at breakfast  and French prefer coffee while eating them.In Cuba, on a typical breakfast table ,mostly white coffee and roasted bread with butter are consumed and they eat bread by dunking it into coffee.In Italy, People begin their day with a cappucino and brioche slathered wih jam or filled with chocolate.

                                                                                                   Hatice Ceren Balıkçıoğlu

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GRIGORI RASPUTIN

GRIGORI RASPUTIN

Known for his prophetic supernatural powers, Grigori Rasputin was domanint figure in Russia palace. During  the Czar II Nicholas's period. He was born in Siberia, around 1870.It was believed that he could heal patients, hypnotize people and direct their ideas. He didn't learn to read or write. He didn't go to school. His brother and sister died when he was a child. In this early ages, he started to show interesting behaviours.

Son of II.Nichola was haemophilia and one day he fell from his horse .He was going to die. But hearing that Rasputin had supernatural powers, Czar summoned him. Son of II.Nicholas miraculously,healed.Rasputin healed him just by praying and touching. Everytime son of II.Nicholas deteriorated,Rasputin remain in palace and healed him.He became favourite one for the Nichola’s wife. He became ascendant in palace in times of the World War the First.He said "God says: If the Czar leads the the army they will win. But they could not. At that time Rasputin and Nicholas's wife started to rule the rules the palace. When the Czar returned the palace. Most of people in palace objected to Rasputin and decided to kill him. They had Rasputin drunk the poisonous drink. But the interesting thing was he was still alive. So they shooted him. But he didn't die again. They throw him into an icy river.

But according to otopsy results he hadn't drown.

                                                                                                                        Ayşegül Demir

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KOREAN EDUCATION SYSTEM

KOREAN EDUCATION SYSTEM

South Korea is mostly known as having a tough education system by all around the world. Unfortunately, the rate of suicide in high school students proves this assumption without question.

High school students have a very busy life nearly as a business man's. They have to stay at school by 10 p.m and then if they want, they can study at school by midnight or later. 

But in general, students don't prefer to stay after 10 p.m and they go to courses outside. Even if they leave school early (I can't believe myself because of expressing 10 pm as an early time),

They can't arrive home before midnight or 1 a.m because of courses. And in this respect, night time is more secure for people who live in South Korea compared to other countries. 

Like I said before, students have time to study at school more after 10 p.m. And the time of free studying is called as "Yaja" in Korean. Contrary to its name, the free studying time isn't free at all.

Students can't use their phones during the time and they have to study in silence.
But, schools in which all students have to spend nearly all their lives have good qualifications. The quality of the education is unequivocally useful, which can be understand by the economy and the level of development of South Korea.For example, most teachers have their own tables and computers at school. Furthermore, schools enable students to discover and develop their talents by clubs focusing on different branches. The members of clubs gather after school and do activities.

Also, as I see, most students have education of playing at least an instrument and the most popular ones are guitar and piano.And to teach students to take their own responsibilities, classes aren't cleaned by anyone except students. All students have to clean their class at the end of day.

Of course, I wont talk about only good things of their education system. It is a bad fact that the tough education system of Korea brings about suicides and depressions which are common among students.

There are three reasons of those suicides: Lessons, Parental pressure and Bullying. Bullying is the most important problem of Korean education system. You can see something about bullying in nearly all Korean dramas.The Korean always emphasize this side of their life but they can't still have a solution for this. If you are a student who is passive, silent in Korea, it means you have to be careful about all around you in your school life.

Even if it looks like just a scenario, it is the most affective thing causing suicides.

As it always has been, everything has bad and good sides. And it looks same for Korean education. I hope, all countries take examples by the good sides of Korean education.

                                                                                                                          Gülşah Sarıçam

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YUNUS EMRE

YUNUS EMRE

There isn't certain knowledge about Yunus Emre's life who was one of the most notable poets of Sufism. But we can understand from both his own poems and other sources that he was born about 1240s. It is also accepted that his homeland was Eskisehir, Turkey. Yunus Emre was one of the most successful poet on his period. He wrote his works so simple in order to be easily understood by public. He achieved his aim. His poets can be understood not only in his period but also in recently. His masterpiece is "I need you, just you". The most well known quatrain of it is:

      "Your love alienated me from myself

       I need you, just you

       I burn in your desire all the time

       I need you, just you"

The main subject of his poets is love for Allah. One can understand it with his famous sayingHe had numerous poets but he published only two books. One of them is Divan. He compiled all of his poems. Another one is Risalet-ün Nushiyye. He collected both his article and his poets. Its main purpose is to give advice to the reader. According to the rumours, he wasn't a successful student at school like many scholar and scientist. So his father wanted him to drop out of school. But we can understand how important knowledge is with his saying according to him. He said that "Knowledge is to understand - Knowledge is to understand who you are - If you don't know who you are - What's the use of reading"

After he had dropped out  of school, he started to help his father as a farmer. He had a chance to meet Hajji Baktash Wali while he was working. He was inpressed with Yunus's respectful and polite attitude. So he orientated him to Taptuk Emre who is his dervish. 

Taptuk Emre commissioned him as carrying the woods at his own dervish convent. While he was carrying them once, Taptuk Emre asked him "Why all of the woods are smooth? Aren't there any crooked wood in the forest?" And then Yunus replied "I don't permit crooked men in let alone crooked woods." 

Yunus Emre won his dervish's approval with his industriousness and honesty in a short time. Taptuk Emre decided to marry off Yunus with his daughter. But he had thought he didn't deserve it because of not being utterly a dervish. So he refused it and left the dervish convent. He overcame a lot of event while he was far away from there. He eventually thought he had attained the dervish's degree. He came back to dervish convent and apologized from his dervish. And then he had continued to live there until his death. 

        "Come let us all be friends for once

        Let us make life easy on us

        Let us be lovers and loved ones

        The earth should be left to no one"

                                                                                                                Mehmet Emre Usta

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SOUVENIRS

SOUVENIRS

  Hey! Do you like travelling? Almost everyone likes going out and seeing different places. Some like history and want to see historical architectures, some like art and want to go art galleries or some places like that and some like just going and being far from home, like me.
We live in a world that communication is inevitable so we have to speak with people and also get along with them. Normally, we love them. When we travel to anywhere, we want to take something for our families or friends because we want feel them we remember them everywhere. Or, we travel and want to recall where we have gone and what we have done. So we take souvenirs. These are generally magnets consist of a famous thing where we go. For example; if we go Australia, we take kangaroo magnets.
 There is a list that gives you some tips about what can be bought from where?

> From England, double decker bus model
> From Egypt, pyramid magnets
> From Thailand, straw hats
> From California, canned fog(yes it's interesting)
> From Russia, matryoshka doll
> From India, painted elephant statue
> From Sweden, Viking horns
> From Japan, Sumo wrestler
> From Romania, dracula cup
> From France, of course Eiffel Tower keychain
> From China, chopstick

 Apart from being a chance to see different places, travelling is also a good opportunity to meet new people. And you will want to remind you of memories so dont forget to take your camera with you.                

                                                                                                                                    Ayşegül Demir

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UMMAH OF A REFUGEE PROPHET

 UMMAH OF A REFUGEE PROPHET       

                      

We live in a world which is full of war, crime and corruption. Every minute someone dies, someone cries and someone is in pain.

 We are Muslims .We know what really pain is. Nobody want us to be strong because their devilish beliefes don't let them .Especially in the Middle East which is really rich in terms of natural resources and now in Syria there is war. Millions of people; children, women, men migrated to Turkey. Turkey, as a Muslim country, opened her doors refugee brothers unlike supposedely other "Muslim countries" like Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and United Arab emirates which refused to take even a single Syrian refugee. The prophet Muhammad (pbuh) declared all his followers as one ummah. Being a part of this great ummah, this forms the basic responsibility of stronger Muslim country to reach out to the weaker ones for help. Hazrat Muhammad and his companions migrated from Mecca to Medina after 13 years. They spent their life trying to spread Islam and all the tortures they had been exposed . Namely they migrated from undesirable environment to desirable place to fulfill Allah's command. It was migration from a plot that was set by the leaders of Quraysh whose purpose was to destroy the foundation of Islamic state. But their treacherous plot was destroyed by this migration. Medina welcomed them really well. They had been looking forward to their coming for 15 days.

Yes they migrated for us but today what are we doing? We don't even face almost any hardships but still, we cannot fulfill our responsibilities towards our Creator Allah. For example we can emigrate from one room where there is television to a room where there is Quran. Actually every single action to escape from sins is hijra like our prophet did. We are his followers, we are his Ummah. We have to stand by ourselves. We have to be a single soul in the same body. We cannot ignore our muslim brother's dying. Our goal is simple; “being a real Muslim ummah"

Rümeysa Açıkgöz

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SAIT FAIK

 

SAIT FAIK

He was born in Sakarya in 1906. He lived his childhood in Adapazarı. He studied his primary education in Rehber-i Teraka   school. He began university in Istanbul University and he went abroad because his father wanted so. He lived in France for 3 years. In between 1931 and 1933. He taught as a teacher in a poet school. When he came back he was forced to do business by his father and he had to accept this but he failed. He worked as a correspondent in the "Magazine Haber". His father passed away in 1939. He lived with his father's salary with his mother in Burgaz Island.

Sait Faik who began to write during his high school years, published his first poem in the "mektep magazine". His first essay "uçurtmalar" was published in "Milliyet Magazine". His first book "Semaver" was published in 1936 and his econd book "Sarnıc" was published in 1939.

His famous stories are about poor children, poor people and the sea. his books are written with  a simple language. He was chosen as honour membership by USA's Mark Twain club for his contribution to contemporary literature.He lost his life in 1954. After hid death his mother made an award called "Sait Faik Story Award" and turned his house into a museum.

                                                                                                                                         Ebrar Coşkun           

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