8 Quotes & Sayings By Petek Kabakci

Petek Kabakci is a Turkish novelist, essayist, and film director. He was born in Diyarbakir in 1949. He graduated from Middle East Technical University in Ankara in 1974, where he studied film. His first novel "Mizah" (1987) received the Yapı Kredi Prize for Literature Read more

His second novel "Akıllılar" (1991) received the Yapı Kredi Literature Prize. He has also written plays, stories, essays, and poems. Kabakci's novel "Tutku" (2005) won the 2005 Best Novel Award of the Turkish Authors' Union. Apologies to anyone whose name I've made up or misspelled.

I value individuals and societies. I care about those who...
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I value individuals and societies. I care about those who are not born yet. That is the reason for my joys and blues. Petek Kabakci
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SENSES, APPEARANCE, ESSENCE and EXISTENCEThe world we see with our senses is very different than the world we see through our essence. Our senses perceive the world of appearance. Our essence perceives the deeper layers of existence. The first step of perceiving the world of essence is to have no goal other than to understand. "Understanding" has to be the ultimate goal. Only then, can we solve the problems. Petek Kabakci
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SENSES, APPEARANCE, ESSENCE and EXISTENCEThe world we see with our senses are very different than the world we see through our essence. Our senses perceive the world of appearance. Our essence perceive the deeper layers of existence. The first step of perceiving the world of essence is not to have any goal other than to understand. "Understanding" has to be the ultimate goal. Then, we can solve the problems. Petek Kabakci
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To be wealthy, powerful or famous does mot matter to me. Starting a social good ripple that will turn to an ocean wave matters to me. Petek Kabakci
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For grey matter, there is no black and white. If you think in black and white, then you do not use enough brain functions. Petek Kabakci
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SENSES, APPEARANCE and ESSENCEThe world we see through our senses are very different than the world we see through our essence. Senses perceive the world of appearance. The first step of perceiving the world of essence is not to have any goal other than to understand. "Understanding" has to be the ultimate goal. Then, we can solve the problems. Petek Kabakci
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Elegance is a personality. Petek Kabakci