Philosophy note on my short fiction "TURNISTAN"
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PHILOSOPHY NOTE ON TURNISTAN *STERNWAY While the word “Tornistan” is the reversal of boats in Turkish, it is a combination of the words turn and astern in English or also called sternway. This story, in which there are quite metaphysical elements, and an allegorical narrative is aimed, is a story that depicts a space-time manifesto, that is, an individual, that thinks to end his/her existence, searching for the "logos", that is, the clinging to the daydreams with meaning. It is also inspired by my own experiences. This story, which questions the concept of "time" in the labyrinth of consciousness with the help of magical reality, is a short expression that questions the necessity of consciousness resisting extinction. In that way, the story of this individual is also a projection of the society he/she lives in and this society’s endurance to existential risks. To be able to “turn back”, society would need to question “the self”-first and resist the superposition
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