Yale Daily News

For the first time, I am aware of the sad reality that in less than a year I will graduate. The finality of it is […]

September 28, 2023

It is a weird feeling to watch your country crumble. It is a weird feeling to witness the agony of your people from miles away […]

February 9, 2023

  The Brothers of Italy (Fratelli d’Italia), a far right-wing party with neo-fascist roots, won the Italian elections a week ago. Giorgia Meloni, the party […]

October 2, 2022

“Love you!” When I came to the U.S. for the first time, this sentence probably confused me the most. People I knew for only a […]

April 20, 2022

“Self-portrayal is thought to be a part of self-realization, yet it has nothing to do with personal awareness,” I wrote in my French essay. “It […]

April 7, 2022

“I am afraid of the change.” I wrote in my journal only a few days ago. “I wish there was an alternative reality in which […]

February 16, 2022

Over the last couple of weeks, I don’t remember how many times I heard the sentence “I am rebranding,” or how many times I said […]

December 1, 2021

Since last year, I’ve grown more and more hesitant to discuss sensitive topics, such as democracy, religion, liberty and gender in the United States. I […]

November 10, 2021

“After reading the headlines, only numbers stay in my mind. Three million. Ten. Six hundred. One. The list goes on and on. We get better […]

October 6, 2021

“I want to quit school.” I have heard and repeated this sentence a billion times in the past week. The transition from finding my way […]

September 23, 2021

My country is burning. When the flames started to engulf the most precious parts of Turkey, I could only stand in front of the TV. […]

September 8, 2021