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Those were the 1970’s... I had finished the school with difficulty and completed the necessary training period. When I started to work I did not have a car. We could be classified as poor and I had to take the ferry to go to work. The
morning ferry at 8:18 a.m. took her passengers with a usual delay of
five or six minutes and went directly to the bridge without
stopping at other stations. Everybody
in Beylerbeyi wanted to cross the Bosphorous with this ferry.
Therefore, it was always very crowded...
My
late brother and I used to sit at the lowest deck, because it was
comfortable and not so much crowded. Without
having the chance of completing
a pleasant conversation with
the close friends, we used to find ourselves at the bridge, where we had
to land. Personally,
I believe that the media, the press is a great force in increasing the
awareness of the people. During
the short ferry trip, I always used to buy the newspaper Akþam/ The
Evening and followed the articles of Mr. Çetin Altan faithfully. As
a matter of fact I was very angry that he was a leftist and drank
a whole bottle of whisky every night.
However, I was addicted to his articles in spite of the fact that I
was criticising him. He
is still writing. As for myself, I am still following the
newspaper Akþam/The Evening as
a deep rooted habit or may be because of the fact that it is full of
the memories of the past... It
is really a strange coincidence to start writing
though temporarily in this same newspaper after so many years. It
is an ‘’exciting event’’ to say it with a
simple, limited expression... Starting from the first day of Ramadan,
I’ll try to share with you the subject of mysticism in that corner of
the newspaper provided for myself. Writing
is very similar to visiting many places...
The more one moves about the more he learns. Similarly as one is
writing he can contribute much to himself
as the individual gets closer to happiness to only by the things he
could learn. However,
it is really surprising for a
person like me who has
difficulty in speaking fluently to show up in this newspaper due to the
fact that my essays had been
appreciated and they were decided to be published by the management... Be
sure that being a writer is a
luxury for me. I
am being thankful. In
accordance with the following decree of the absolute creator, I keep on
stating my thanks ‘’I
increase the blessings of the one who is thankful’’... Another
question which is keeping my mind busy all the time and for which I cannot
find an answer is :- I
am wondering what Hz.Mahdi, who will be
coming to the world together with Hz.Jesus at a time close to the
doomsday, would be able to
give to the people of this
world with such a strange way
of living. As you know
Hz.Mahdi is a peak name and his coming has been certified by the data. I
wonder what he would be doing when he comes and which of the mistakes that
he would correct. Wouldn’t
he be luxury for ‘’Us’’, the narrow minded habitants of the
world?!... Time
will show this..... Ahmet F. YÜKSEL
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