Certain periods of life are so beautiful that they put a smile on your face when you remember them. And you should remember them....

Many outsiders view academic people as living in a different dimension, and mostly in a funny way. This notion has of course truths and...

The age of 35 has always been special for me. And the reason for this is a poem! Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı in his poem “Age 35” claims that...

Lately I have taken on translating Turkish poems to Finnish. My first poet was Orhan Veli Kanık. Orhan Veli Kanık is the pioneer of...

Right, I have an office. But I like to explore different locations also. It is a change of air when my research requires me to do a desk...