Istanbul: City of Dilemmas (a brain-mind perspective)
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This is a psychiatrist's perspective on Istanbul, where we are led to making choices under uncertainty. The ambiguity of the daily life in Istanbul makes it a challenge that can serve to improve our risk detection skills as well as our outlook towards life.
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Istanbul: City of Dilemmas (a brain-mind perspective)
- 2. Yankı Ā Yazgan Ā Ā www.yankiyazgan.com www.facebook.com/yankiyazgancom 2
- 4. www.yankiyazgan.com www.facebook.com/yankiyazgancom 4 Ä°stanbul, as examined by her/his psychiatrist)
- 5. Ā®ļ®āÆ How Ā does Ā she Ā aļ¬ect Ā her Ā inhabitants? Ā Ā®ļ®āÆ What Ā do Ā you Ā see Ā and Ā Ā Ā®ļ®āÆ What Ā do Ā you Ā feel Ā when Ā you Ā Ā view Ā the Ā city.? Ā www.yankiyazgan.com www.facebook.com/yankiyazgancom 5
- 7. www.yankiyazgan.com www.facebook.com/yankiyazgancom 7 Love/hateā¦ Saz/jazz Fish and raki/ fish and soda Fast and slow
- 15. Not Ā knowing Ā anything Ā about Ā the Ā geographic Ā locations Ā or Ā directions Ā is Ā much Ā better Ā than Ā having Ā that Ā information Ā almost Ā as Ā a Ā habit Ā www.yankiyazgan.com www.facebook.com/yankiyazgancom 15
- 16. www.yankiyazgan.com www.facebook.com/yankiyazgancom 16 Confusing dilemmas What about not passing? Maybe you will pass Try passingā¦
- 17. Ā®ļ®āÆ A Ā transitional Ā point Ā Ā®ļ®āÆ Hard Ā to Ā tell Ā where Ā it Ā really Ā belongs Ā Ā®ļ®āÆ Lots Ā of Ā ambiguity Ā and Ā uncertainty Ā Ā®ļ®āÆ Both Ā create Ā anxiety Ā Ā®ļ®āÆ And Ā creates Ā further Ā confusion Ā www.yankiyazgan.com www.facebook.com/yankiyazgancom 17
- 18. www.yankiyazgan.com www.facebook.com/yankiyazgancom 18 No seasons in Istanbul, but a never ending struggle between the northerly and southerly winds (Tanpinar) )
- 19. Ā®ļ®āÆ Hard Ā to Ā make Ā a Ā choice Ā Ā®ļ®āÆ May Ā trigger Ā persistent Ā traits Ā into Ā particular Ā behavor Ā Ā®ļ®āÆ Making Ā a Ā choice Ā may Ā be Ā easy Ā or Ā hard, Ā but Ā the Ā conļ¬ict Ā it Ā creates Ā activates Ā ACC Ā (proportionate Ā with Ā the Ā temperamental Ā qualities) Ā Ā®ļ®āÆ . Ā www.yankiyazgan.com www.facebook.com/yankiyazgancom 19
- 20. Ā®ļ®āÆ Temperament: Ā persistent Ā across Ā time Ā and Ā contexts Ā Ā®ļ®āÆ Inļ¬uencing Ā our Ā interaction Ā with Ā the Ā external Ā world Ā Ā®ļ®āÆ Mostly Ā described Ā on Ā a Ā dipole Ā Ā®ļ®āÆ Structural Ā behavioral Ā characteristics Ā www.yankiyazgan.com www.facebook.com/yankiyazgancom 20
- 21. Ā®ļ®āÆ Novelty Ā seeking Ā Ā®ļ®āÆ Harm Ā avoidance Ā Ā®ļ®āÆ Reward Ā dependence Ā Ā®ļ®āÆ persistence Ā Ā®ļ®āÆ Genetik Ā belirlenim. Ā www.yankiyazgan.com www.facebook.com/yankiyazgancom 21
- 24. Ā®ļ®āÆ āhĆ¼zĆ¼n Ā ā¦. Ā Ā Or Ā tristesseā Ā (Pamuk) Ā www.yankiyazgan.com www.facebook.com/yankiyazgancom 24
- 25. www.yankiyazgan.com 25 (And we should) understand the central importance of hĆ¼zĆ¼n as a cultural concept conveying worldly failure, listlessness and spiritual suffering.... ...hĆ¼zĆ¼n has been central to Istanbul (say, Turkish) culture, poetry and everyday life over the past two centuries... ..it is a way of looking at life that implicates us all, not only spiritual state but a state of mind that is ultimately as life affirming as it is negating.ā
- 26. www.yankiyazgan.com 26 ā Tristesse is not a pain that affects a solitary individual; hĆ¼zĆ¼n and tristesse both suggest a communal feeling, an atmosphere and a culture shared by millions...ā Istanbul is fretful, though realist, thus coping with the daily or eternal hasslesā¦
- 27. Ā®ļ®āÆvigilance Ā Ā®ļ®āÆļ¬exibility Ā Ā®ļ®āÆAbiding Ā oneās Ā principles Ā Ā®ļ®āÆIs Ā a Ā requirement Ā Ā®ļ®āÆ (the Ā same Ā applies Ā to Ā the Ā city Ā itself) Ā www.yankiyazgan.com www.facebook.com/yankiyazgancom 27
- 30. Ā®ļ®āÆfosters Ā resilience Ā in Ā the Ā face Ā of Ā lifeās Ā uncertainty Ā www.yankiyazgan.com www.facebook.com/yankiyazgancom 30
- 33. www.yankiyazgan.com 33 ā... to convey these neighborhoods as traditional, spoiled and untouched by the West, Tanpinar wrote that 'they were ruined, they were poor and wretched' but had 'retained their own style and their own way of life.' (not anymore)
- 34. www.yankiyazgan.com 34 ā...Istanbul does not carry its hĆ¼zĆ¼n as 'an illness for which there is a cure' or 'an unbidden pain from which we need to be delivered': it carries its hĆ¼zĆ¼n by choice. And so its finds its way back to the melancholy of Burton, ..... echoing its self-denigrating wit, it dares to boast of its importance in Istanbul life.ā O Pamuk, Istanbul: Memories of a Childhood