{"id":517,"date":"2026-11-10T22:11:03","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T22:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eminabi.com\/guncel\/?page_id=517"},"modified":"2026-11-11T00:10:02","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T00:10:02","slug":"i-cannot-carry-this-burden-any-longer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eminabi.com\/guncel\/?page_id=517","title":{"rendered":"I Cannot Carry This Burden Any Longer\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"eminabi-original-view\" hidden><button type=\"button\" class=\"eminabi-back-text\">\u2190 Back to the text<\/button><figure><img alt=\"\"\/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/section>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group eminabi-reading-text is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<aside class=\"ea-period-note\"><strong>Historical context \u00b7 September 2002<\/strong><p>This text was written against the background of the social circumstances, attitudes and language of its time. What was customary or accepted within certain social circles then may be viewed differently today. Different opinions also existed at the time.<\/p><\/aside>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>September 2002 \u00b7 Ekin Dergisi \u00b7 no. 73 \u00b7 pp. 60\u201361<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This translation covers Emin \u00d6zel\u2019s opening column from September 2002. The reader\u2019s letter and reply from the same issue remain available in the original Turkish scans. The text reflects the language and views of the original publication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Emin \u00d6zel<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eminabi.com\/guncel\/wp-content\/uploads\/dert-ortagi\/illustraties\/dert-ortagi-portrait-840.webp\" alt=\"EminAbi, author of Dert Orta\u011f\u0131\" style=\"width:180px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Historical image from the Dert Orta\u011f\u0131 collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You are full of it all\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So full that you want to pour your heart out. Years of accumulated experience lie buried in your mind and heart. You have lived through so much that you could speak endlessly about it. Perhaps secrets you feel unable to share with anyone sometimes keep you awake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If only you could put down that burden and feel some relief. But somehow you cannot. Perhaps you have hinted at something to someone you trusted deeply. Yet you could not summon the courage to say what you really wanted to say. You remembered the proverb that warns against telling a friend a secret, because that friend has another friend too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You are right\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Like others, you tell yourself that speech is silver and silence is golden, and continue burying everything inside. A spoken word cannot be taken back. There is no telling what might happen. Yet there ought to be someone in your life with whom you can share such important concerns. Remember that millions of people around the world today develop various illnesses through withdrawing into themselves. They experience severe distress and problems between people, particularly within relationships. I am not the one saying this; scientists are. Take a moment to retreat into your shell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Think\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Think carefully\u2026 Will you allow the next part of your life to become bitter? Or will you lighten your burden a little and live more peacefully? As always, this decision is yours to make.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wishing you strength.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">EminAbi<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The original publication<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"ea-issue-pages\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/eminabi.com\/guncel\/wp-content\/uploads\/dert-ortagi\/2002\/2002-09-Ekin_73-Kapak.png\" hreflang=\"tr\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eminabi.com\/guncel\/wp-content\/uploads\/dert-ortagi\/2002\/2002-09-Ekin_73-Kapak-300.webp\" alt=\"Cover \u00b7 September 2002\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Cover \u00b7 September 2002<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/eminabi.com\/guncel\/wp-content\/uploads\/dert-ortagi\/2002\/2002-09-Ekin_73-Dert_Ortagi_01.png\" hreflang=\"tr\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eminabi.com\/guncel\/wp-content\/uploads\/dert-ortagi\/2002\/2002-09-Ekin_73-Dert_Ortagi_01-300.webp\" alt=\"Dert Orta\u011f\u0131 \u00b7 page 60\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Dert Orta\u011f\u0131 \u00b7 page 60<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/eminabi.com\/guncel\/wp-content\/uploads\/dert-ortagi\/2002\/2002-09-Ekin_73-Dert_Ortagi_02.png\" hreflang=\"tr\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eminabi.com\/guncel\/wp-content\/uploads\/dert-ortagi\/2002\/2002-09-Ekin_73-Dert_Ortagi_02-300.webp\" alt=\"Dert Orta\u011f\u0131 \u00b7 page 61\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Dert Orta\u011f\u0131 \u00b7 page 61<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eminabi.com\/guncel\/wp-content\/uploads\/dert-ortagi\/2002\/2002-09-Ekin_73-Dert_Ortagi_01.png\" hreflang=\"tr\">Open the original column scan (Turkish)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eminabi.com\/guncel\/?page_id=140\" hreflang=\"tr\">View the complete issue with the reader\u2019s letter, reply and scans (Turkish)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2190 Back to the text Historical context \u00b7 September 2002 This text was written against the background of the social circumstances, attitudes and language of its time. What was customary or accepted within certain social circles then may be viewed differently today. Different opinions also existed at the time. 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