Muharrem Soyek Quotes

'Any person's conflict and reconciliation with the destiny of life is a novel that has been read at least once. However, first of all the poetry of life should be read by the voice of heart.' M. Soyek) (Turkish: 'Her insanın kaderiyle çatışması ve uzlaşması en az bir kez okunmuş romandır. Gene de her şeye rağmen önce gönül sesinden şiir okumalıydı insan.' Muharrem Soyek)

'Oh, heroic Turkish woman! You are not worthy of being dragged low on the ground; you are worthy of being raised to the sky on our shoulders...' M. Kemal Atatürk) (We can only repay our debt of gratitude to our women, the honor of our national existence all through the War of Independence and after then, by making the social life a world of paradise for them.… M. Soyek)

'The 8th of March, International Women's Day, is not celebrated where the woman is accepted as human as a man. Of course, if the woman has begun to be more than a man, as if she is over the man, then the 9th of March can be celebrated as an International Men's Day.' Muharrem Soyek (Turkish: Kadının adamdan sayıldığı yerde 8 Mart Günü kutlanmaz. Tabi kadın gereğinden fazla adamlık taslamaya başlamışsa 9 Mart Dünya Erkekler Günü kutlanabilir…)

In admiration that the universal cycle is formed with its harmonious flaws that are never repeated once more again, the meaning of philosophy is: researching with skeptical thinking, asking questions, scrutiny, understanding, seeing the problem and showing the solutions. Philosophy is the love of wisdom determined with the art of inquiry that is curious to learn. M. Soyek) (Turkish: Evrensel döngünün, asla aynısı yinelenmeyen uyumlu kusurlarıyla oluşlarına hayranlık içinde felsefe yapmanın meramı: Kuşkucu düşünceyle araştırma, soru sorma, irdeleme, anlama, sorunu görme ve çözüm yollarını göstermeye yöneliktir. Felsefe yapmak, öğrenmeye meraklı sorgu sanatıyla ulaşmaya azmedilen bilgelik aşkıdır…)

(The very near and last miracle after being a hominid is to be a human being that knows how and what to be all through the life... Muharrem Soyek)

From now on the most deal of human being is not to return back to heaven, but to turn the world into paradise… Muharrem Soyek) (İnsanın asıl meselesi artık cennete geri dönmek değil, dünyayı cennete çevirmektir… Muharrem Soyek)

'So much unhappiness and sadness is not coming from the nature of creation; it is the human's inability to exist as a natural human being...' Muharrem Soyek

'There is no freedom in democracy to marginalize anyone but ourselves.' M. Soyek; translated from the book Felsefe Fenerim (İn Turkish: ''Demokraside kendimizden başkasını ötekileştirme özgürlüğü yoktur.')

'My civilization consciousness says, 'rights must be given even if not taken...' Muharrem Soyek (İn Turkish: 'Benim uygarlık bilincim der ki, ‘hak alınmasa bile verilmelidir…') Translated from my book, Felsefe Fenerim

'Politics is the art of using social oppositions between individuals and reconciling the opposites with the intention of achieving goals that will be good for humanity.' Muharrem Soyek; My Philosophy Lantern) (Turkish: 'Politika, insanlık için iyi olacak hedeflere ulaşmak amacıyla bireyler arasındaki toplumsal karşıtlıkları kullanma ve karşıtları uzlaştırma sanatıdır.' Muharrem Soyek; Felsefe Fenerim)