{"id":220,"date":"2020-09-09T13:03:38","date_gmt":"2020-09-09T13:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oguztansel.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/?page_id=220"},"modified":"2020-09-09T13:03:38","modified_gmt":"2020-09-09T13:03:38","slug":"respect-for-reason","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oguztansel.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/index.php\/literary-personality\/selected-poems\/respect-for-reason\/","title":{"rendered":"Respect for Reason"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today must be a real holiday<br>Reason has attained new heights<br>In blueness we have reached the moon.<br>Our intelligence will lead us to stars too.<br>The controversial field of space<br>Was thought to be surreal in tales!<br>The blood sucking mistletoe plants<br>That are against humanity<br>Futile ruses and foolery<br>Can be subdued by peace and friendship.<br>Their fake customs become tradition<br>That turns the universe into hell;<br>But one day the eyes would open<br>And something more beautiful than heaven could be created.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The great rule is: we are in the race for peace<br>Every living creature will join our fight.<br>We\u2019ll rejoice that we were born into this world<br>Believing in peace and love will not be penalized<br>This system of lies will be abolished<br>Friends, we\u2019ll be drunk with happiness.<br>My heart is bursting with joy !<br>When the dreams come true we\u2019ll kiss the stars,<br>Civilization\u2019s light will be shared by all.<br>We must play our part in this universe<br>Humanity can solve this riddle<br>I am in this blossoming merriment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>O\u011fuz Tansel<\/strong><br><em>Translated by Nil\u00fcfer Mizano\u011flu Reddy<br>World of Tales, Elips Kitap, 2012<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today must be a real holidayReason has attained new heightsIn blueness we have reached the moon.Our intelligence will lead us to stars too.The controversial field of spaceWas thought to be surreal in tales!The blood sucking mistletoe plantsThat are against humanityFutile ruses and fooleryCan be subdued by peace and friendship.Their fake [\u2026] <\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"more_link clearfix\" href=\"https:\/\/oguztansel.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/index.php\/literary-personality\/selected-poems\/respect-for-reason\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":14,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/template-full-width.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oguztansel.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/220"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oguztansel.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oguztansel.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oguztansel.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oguztansel.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/oguztansel.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":221,"href":"https:\/\/oguztansel.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/220\/revisions\/221"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oguztansel.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oguztansel.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}