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Yavuz Oruc was born in Ezinepazar, a small village of about 50 households in Anatolia where his father was the only elementary school teacher and his mother was a homemaker. His father was later appointed to one of the elementary schools in Amasya—a historical city in Anatolia where the Greek geographer Strabon was born and lived. Yavuz grew up and went to school there. One of his mentors early on was his English teacher who inspired him to enjoy reading and writing. Yavuz later graduated from Amasya High School and moved to Ankara where he studied and received his B.Sc. in electrical engineering at the Middle East Technical University. He then left Turkey and earned graduate degrees in the UK and USA. After receiving his Ph.D. at Syracuse ...more

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“Life was as real as the wind that stroked her face—not any less or any more.”
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“Life was still sprouting in him—over the sharp rocks and right on the nose of a cliff, he was yet far from death.”
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“Life was as real as the wind that stroked her face—not any less or any more.”
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“Life was still sprouting in him—over the sharp rocks and right on the nose of a cliff, he was yet far from death.”
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“Sometimes truth hurts like ramming into a wall.”
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“Like a daisy fortune,
The pendulum of time
Beats in Dilara’s heart
Loves me, loves me not...

-Tomris
October 1942, p.305.”
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