Istanbul Gelisim University Faculty of Health Sciences: Monthly Events and News Bulletin (Volume: 4, Issue: 38, February 2024)
Özet
DON’T BREAK YOURSELF
ISince February 6, 2023, a pivotal day in our lives, there hasn't been a day in the year that I
haven't thought about the earthquake and the month that followed. I'm sometimes half
sleeping, sometimes half awake, sometimes learning to appreciate my extremely good
moments or feeling guilty of them, sometimes holding someone I love or seeing a call
from friends I made there on the screen... But now, when I am asked to write something
about those events, I am surprised at how many times I give up, staring at the screen for
minutes without being able to write a single word. Still, I think it is my duty to explain
what happened as much as I can.
Perhaps the reason we were so hurt is that the devastation and suffering spread to so
many places, shattering our faith in a just world that sustains us on a daily basis. İThe
conviction that comes from being a good person, leading a moral life, filing taxes, sleeping
soundly knowing that we will wake up early in the hopes of going to work, and stockpiling
food that we have prepared in our home and are certain will last through the winter. The
faith that persisted beneath the debris in every city spared from destruction on February
6, 2023. It's an ideal we strive to uphold.
