A Poem in My Life

       Literature is a life for me. Because it tells my feelings,ideas and culture. It implies a poem for me because of the fact that i write poems about every subject but especially i write love poems.I don't know the reason but i think because i'm so romantic.Sometimes while i'm listening to music,i write my feelings on paper. And sometimes i go to coast for writing poem. Writing poem helps telling my feelings and ideas. Literature provides that people tell their feelings and ideas.Telling anyone's feelings and ideas relaxes him/her.Sometimes literature is that drawing a bird on words or sometimes is that choking in loneliness of words or die in pitch-black of words. And sometimes literature is that living on mysterious words.Sometimes literature is everything in my life.And sometimes literature is a poem in my life.

THE GREATER EID AND HALLOWEEN

                                                      HALLOWEEN

    Halloween is the one of the oldest holidays still celebrated today.It is celebrated on October 31st,and it is the last day of the Celtic calendar.After Christmas,it is the most popular.Principally,it was a pagan holiday and it was referred to as All Hallows Eve and dates back to over 2000 years ago.All Hallows Eve is the evening before All Saints Day which was created by Christians to convert pagans, and is celebrated on November 1st. The Catholic church honored saints on this designated day.While millions of people celebrate Halloween without knowing its origins and myths, the history and facts of Halloween make the holiday more fascinating.Some people see Halloween as a time for fun, putting on costumes, trick-or-treating, and having theme parties. Others view it as a time of superstitions, ghosts, goblins and evil spirits that should be avoided at all costs.As the Christian debate goes on, celebrating Halloween is a preference that is not always viewed as participating in an evil holiday and is often celebrated with no reference to pagan rituals or the occult.Different cultures view Halloween somewhat differently but traditional Halloween practices remain the same.Halloween culture can be traced back to the Druids, a Celtic culture in Ireland, Britain and Northern Europe. Roots lay in the feast of Samhain, which was annually on October 31st to honor the dead.

                                             THE GREATER EID

      According to Muslim calendar,The Festival of Sacrifice (or the Greater Eid) is a religious holiday celebrated by Muslims.Eid al-Adha annually falls on the 10th day of the month of Dhul Hijja of the lunar Islamic calendar.The festivities last for three days or more depending on the country. It happens to be approximately 70 days after the end of the month of Ramadan.The name for the celebration varies from country to country,
     
     Another Arabic word for "sacrifice", (Arabic Qurban), was lent into Dari Persian - Afghanistan and Iranian dialect of Persian as Eyde Ghorbân (Persian), into Tajik Persian as Idi Qurbon, into Kazakh as Qurban ayt, into Uyghur as Qurban Heyit, and also into various Indic languages. Other languages combined the Arabic word qurban with local terms for "festival", as in Kurdish (Cejna Qurbanê), Pashto (Kurbaneyy Akhtar), Chinese (Chinese Gúerbang Jié), Malay and Indonesian (Hari Raya Korban, Qurbani), and Turkish (Kurban Bayrami). The Turkish term was then later borrowed into languages such as Azeri (Qurban Bayrami), Tatar (Qorban Bäyräme), Croatian and Bosnian (Kurban-bajram).
     Another Arabic name, ‘Id ul-Kabir (Arabic Id al-Kabir), meaning "Greater Eid/Festival", is used in Yemen, Syria, and North Africa (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt). The term was borrowed directly into French as Aïd el-Kebir. Translations of "Big Eid" or "Greater Eid" are used in Pashto Loy Akhtar, Kashmiri Baed Eid, Hindi and Urdu Baṛa Id, Malayalam Bali Perunnal, and Tamil Peru Nal.
      The Festival of Sacrifice holds a few key traditions. Men, women, and children dress in their finest clothing for prayer in an open area or mosque. Muslims who can afford to do so sacrifice their best domestic animals (usually sheep, but also camels, cows and goats) as a symbol of Ibrahim’s sacrifice. Generally, sacrificial animals must be at least one year of age.
      During Eid al-Adha, distributing meat amongst the people, chanting Takbir out loud before the Eid prayer on the first day, and after prayers throughout the four days of Eid are considered essential parts of the festival.

The Capital of Civilizations

My favorite place is Hatay. I think Hatay is a wonderful city because it is the capital of civilizations. It is a historical city. Hatay which has different religions people live in is a culture city. For example ; Mosque,church and synagogue exist in same streets,also we can say as Bell,Hazan and Azan. And people admire it,for its extinct cities and unique wolds. It has fertile Amik Plain,Asi River and limitless historical artifact and so people can't keep their eyes off from it. It has the second biggest archeological museum of the world. The first catholic church of the world exists in Hatay. Its name is ''Saint Pierre Church'' . And Hatay is one of four big patriarchate centers. It has St. Simon Stylit Monastery,Yayladağı Barleam Monastery,Keldağı Barleam Monastery. Habib Neccar Mosque,Şeyh Ahmet Kuseyri Mosque and Sepulcher,Sokullu Mehmet Paşa Islamic-Ottoman Social Complex,Payas Sokullu Islamic-Ottoman Social Complex and Ulu Mosque are spectacular places. Hatay is famous also for its foods,snacks and desserts. For example ; Oruk,Aşür,Arap Kebab,Biberli Ekmek,Dolma,Maklube,Ispanaklı Börek,Kağıt Kebab,Kaytaz Böreği,Mercimekli Aş,Babagannuc,Bakla Ezmesi,Biber Ezmesi,Cevizli Tarator,Çiğ Köfte,Çökelek Salatası,Humus,Kekik Salatası,Patlıcan Yoğurtlama,Yumurta Öccesi,Künefe,Acı Badem,Burma Künefe,Sütlaç,Peynirli İrmik Helvası etc. Hatay has the second tallest beach of the world and it name is Samandağ Beach. To summarize, Hatay has natural beauties and is qualified as the capital of civilizations. So, i love so much Hatay.

expectations of a new university student

     i passed the university exam and i was happy. I looked forward to  the registration date of the university. The registration date of the university was September 6. September 6 ,i went to register the university. I was so excited that i wanted to register and turn back home as a university student as soon as possible. All of my family were happy due to the fact that i passed the university exam, so i was happier than before. When i went to the university, it seemed great and i thought i`ll have very beautiful days. The university was very crowded and procured that students had thousands dreams. I had 2 weeks in the university and i think i was mistaken about some of my first impressions. And i have many expectations. Some of my expectations are to improve myself. And some of them are to live the most beautiful years of my life in the university. I must improve myself on all hands. The more i improve myself,the more i can have a bright future. For example ; the university offer many choices like  social activites,studying abroad and helps me to acquire enviromental consciousness and sense of responsibility etc. Social activities provide many people to improve themselves and i can improve myself thanks to social activities,studying abroad is a lasting impression for my future and helps me to acquire enviromental consciousness and sense of responsibility. Enviromental consciousness and sense of responsibility can give me a chance to draw attention of people widely. As regards to live the most beautiful years of my life in the university ; because i live alone in the country where i won the university,i'm free and i can do whatever i want. For example ; i can go out whenever i want,i can get around wherever i want. To summarize, i'm free and i'm going to do whatever i want.