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From Novel to Reality: Istanbul’s Museum of Innocence Unlocks Layers of Love and City Life
When I read Pamuk’s novel “The Museum of Innocence” in 2010, I felt a surprising joy. The narrative of the work is dense, bright and sad. It not only talks about love, but also talks about what an ideal person looks like. I wrote a review about this at that time, called “When Will Great Writers Start Talking About Love”. In 2012, I learned that Pamuk had actually built a “Museum of Innocence”, which I found very interesting. He had materialized literature, and Istanbul became a place I clearly wanted to visit. In short, I came to visit the Museum of Innocence with mixed emotions as I had a good…
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Unveiling the Ancient City of Carthage: A Journey Through History
The ancient city-state of Carthage was Rome’s deadliest opponent during its rise. Rome called Carthage “Punic.” During the three Punic Wars, the two countries fought to the death for more than a hundred years, and each was defeated. Pushed to the edge of life and death, countless heroic legends were born during this period. Hannibal, one of the four famous generals in Western military history, was the commander-in-chief of the Carthage army. I traveled to Morocco and Tunisia for the first time in 2011, and the main purpose of my visit to Tunisia was to see the origin of the three Punic Wars in Roman history and the ruins of…
