In 1842, a statue of Lucifer was quietly removed from the Cathedral of Liege. Because he was too beautiful. www.instagram.com/p/DQPuUX0jFC...

Bu seferki yazı güzel oldu: “Felix Culpa is not redemption. It’s aesthetic resilience. The quiet art of surviving in a defiant form. Of turning your wound into your voice. Of refusing to mend quietly. Of accepting a forever fractured life.” #felixculpa #faust www.instagram.com/p/DQNI522jLq...

Sevgili öğrencilerime gelsin; “We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion.” #poetry #passion #deadpoets www.instagram.com/reel/DI9v2Bh...

“…when a soul betrays as I did, it falls from flesh, and a demon takes its place.” #Dante, #inferno

Bu seferki yazı güzel oldu: “Felix Culpa is not redemption. It’s aesthetic resilience. The quiet art of surviving in a defiant form. Of turning your wound into your voice. Of refusing to mend quietly. Of accepting a forever fractured life.” #felixculpa #faust www.instagram.com/p/DQNI522jLq...

(Kıza az kalsın araba çarpıyordu.) Yolda yürürken, karşıdan karşıya geçerken instagram, tik tok seyrediyorsanız bir sıkıntı olduğunu kabul etseniz iyi olur. Boyun fıtığına da hazır olmanızı öneririm. “Mobil / sosyal medya” bir halk sağlığı problemi olarak kabul edilmedi mi henüz?

As a great Cyrano fan, I am disappointed.. meh..

A new instagram adventure: Lucifer and Paradise Lost www.instagram.com/p/DP9J07WDAb... #booksky #literature

Lucifer: Prince of Darkness and Shadow Milton’s devil is a tragic figure. He is articulate & self-aware. He speaks with the dignity of knowing he’s lost yet refuses silence. The Fall is not the absence of grace but is the shadow that gives grace its form. #paradiselost #lucifer

Lucifer: Prince of Darkness and Shadow Milton’s devil is a tragic figure. He is articulate & self-aware. He speaks with the dignity of knowing he’s lost yet refuses silence. The Fall is not the absence of grace but is the shadow that gives grace its form. #paradiselost #lucifer

A new instagram adventure: Lucifer and Paradise Lost www.instagram.com/p/DP9J07WDAb... #booksky #literature

Everyone compares this with Tarantino and says it falls short (Pulp Fiction shadow) but this was actually a good film ya… Not the cult line that Tarantino established but in its own merit. #moviesky

Some thoughts on destroying the illusion of perfection: incidentalcomics.substack.com/p/destroying...

Bir bakıma (bireysel) medeniyet, herhangi bir ihtiyaçta binenlerin inenlere öncelik vermesidir. (Toplumsal) medeniyet ise binenlerin inenleri beklememe ihtiyacının oluşmamış olmasıdır diyebiliriz.

Tam ucu ucuna kaçıracağım derken motorun oradaki simitçimin beni koşarken görünce adamları bekletmesi.. 🫶 Çünkü semt #BeşiktAşk…

Commuting back home.. #istanbul #ferry #haydarpaşa

#ChatGPT 5 is a bland model, tool etc. and sucks at creative / world-building use. Fully switched to 4o and I will cancel my subscription the moment they shelf 4o, which is superior in creativity. And adults don’t need full crackdown on what AI might consider explicit.

Almanya’da Türkiye kökenli edebiyatta genelde metinler birbirine benziyor. Hikayeler benzer çünkü. Edebiyatı edebiyat yapan şeyin ne olduğu daha dikkat çekiyor. Anlatīlan hikayeden öte nasıl anlatıldığı… Yer yer güzel ama genel olarak OK bir metin. Berlin’i dolanmak guzeldi ama… #Berlin #literature

Ideal text to talk about #literarytranslation: www.newyorker.com/books/page-t...

Çeviri dersinde öğrencilerime Camus “maman”dan bahsetmişimdir… youtu.be/Q5KKVC3JyJA?... #literarytranslation

#kampüs gibi kampüs, bizim çocuklar 🥹 #Yeditepe

Gazeteciliğin sosyal medya goy goyundan ibaret olmadığı zamanlardan bir hikaye. #moviesky #journalism

“Let the term begin!” #backtoschool

#OğuzAtay ile #Mustafaİnan’ın hayatlarını paralel okuyan bir metin var mı acaba? Vardır herhalde…

Herkese bin kere anlattığım mesele: bu yüzden (ve daha bi sürü ideolojik nedenden), it’s not Türkiye; it’s Turkey. Know your history, be proud if you must! The bird is named after the country, not the other way around 😎 #turkey www.instagram.com/reel/DPAIqkT...

#PaulAuster #booksky #parisreview

Belki bilirsiniz, #Yeditepe kampüsümüzde bir sürü sıpamız var. Şimdi bir de yeni beboliler de var. Bir avuç gönüllü öğrenci ve hocamız onlarla ilgileniyorlar. Mama alarak destek olursanız çok memnun oluruz: www.mamakumbarasi.com/yuhak

Geldi benim havalar ☺️ 🖤🧡💛 #Autumn #Fall #istanbul

#GipsyKings #Istanbul 🤩💙💙 Ay Mi Manera…

#GipsyKings #Istanbul 🤩💙💙 Ay Mi Manera…

I am pretty much done with class preparations, but I must admit, I am particularly excited about the #literarytranslation class.

Ütü filmleri - I’m #ironing 😎 1- Food, yes, and poached egg is no simple matter (fun, light) 2- Loneliness, midlife crisis (slow, alright) 3- Multiple personality disorder (good acting) #moviesky

I am all for #mentalhealth; I work with mental health.. Mental health is not about a polished sense of and an aggrandised state of bright and happy selfhood. It’s rugged, rough on the edges, and marked by life. Don’t fall for the fake “happy” and “healthy” self as commodity.

Ceviri dersi icin materyal hazirlarken bir miktar eglenmis olabilirim... (the image on the right is #AIgenerated)

“Allah allah bir hoca bir rektör de güler mi?” #oğuzatay - #mustafainan (in the meanwhile, biz inadına ve her şeye rağmen 😁)

Friendly reminder: Struggling, failing, and retrying are a part of the learning process. Memorising and copying-pasting is not learning. #backtoschool #AI

Hep bahsettiğim mesele… “I am first a scholar and being an academic is a job.” hikayesi… #academic vs. #scholar www.instagram.com/reel/DNA3ffv...

my kind of people 💛🖤

So everybody knows I am a dog person. But look at this little squirrel! 😍

John Atkinson - Clickbait #Shakespeare 😂

Bakın ben modası geçmiş bir "nerd" olabilirim ama siz özgün ve vizyoner bir şey yaratırsanız o türler, zamanlar, alanlar ötesi olur... Roddenberry'nin Uzay Yolu asla sadece bir televizyon dizisi değildir #startrek -"genre" discussions in literature- LLP 🖖

Genç İngiliz Edebiyatı öğrencilerinin hoşuna gidebilecek bir hesap… (Bu sosyal medya hikayesinde ‘eye candy’ olmak da işe yarıyor elbette. He ticks all the right boxes. Kralını ben yapsam bu kadar tutmaz 🤣) www.instagram.com/reel/DOhNE0X...

One of the great pieces of my collection, dare to play? #passporttoculture

“You do no speak now: many doubts confound you. Therefore, to set you free I shall untie, The cords in which your subtle thoughts have bound you.” #Dante - #Paradiso #booksky

Dün Balat’ta bir fotoğraf yürüyüşüne katıldım. Sonunu getiremedim çünkü İstanbul expat cemaati çoğunlukla bitmeyen bir Erasmus partisini andırıyor ve oğlan çocuklarının arızalı egoları etrafında dönüyor. Where are all the adults at?

My students ask me whether it is wrong to study with the help of #AI. Of course not, as long as you have a true comprehension of how it can work... If you are memorising what AI provides you, that's not studying anyway... 😊

I turned on my #DSLR for the first time since 2020. The last shots on the roll were of #Salford during COVID (I was stuck there). This is the Crescent, opened in the 1860s. #Marx and #Engels are said to have frequented it. Permanently closed now. I used to come here as a student.