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“Those who deserve war medals are only those who did not take up arms in war and never resorted to violence!”

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Mehmet Murat Ildan is a renowned Turkish writer born on May 16, 1965. His works span various literary forms including novels, essays, and poetry, and have gained widespread popularity among readers. more

“When war begins somewhere, the attacking party is guilty; but if the war is going on, then both sides are guilty because when it comes to war the only thing that matters is that the killings stop immediately and if surrender is going to stop the killing then it has to be done! It is unacceptable for the present generations to die for the freedom of the next generations because to live is the right of every generation! Surrender is not defeat, you can surrender and continue the war with non-violent methods!”

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“The people we want to see devastated in a war are not ordinary people who are innocent victims of war, but despicable politicians who started this war!”

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“If you take shelter in a cabin in the woods while everyone else is fighting, everyone will call you a coward, not knowing that you are afraid not of dying but of killing, that you are fleeing from the war just to protect your humanity!”

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“Time makes me be a soldier; but I know That had I lived six hundred years ago, I might have tried to build within my heart A church like this, where I could dwell apart”

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Book:The War Poems

Source: The War Poems

“In your gaze / show me the vanquished vigil of my days”

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Author:Siegfried Sassoon

“He pushed another bag along the top, Craning his body outward; then a flare Gave one white glimpse of No Man's Land and wire; And as he dropped his head the instant split His startled life with lead, and all went out.”

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Book:The War Poems

Source: The War Poems

“War is a crime of mass murder; deciding on war is a crime; the war industry is a crime; participating in war is a crime; working in the war industry is a crime; warmongering is a crime; everything related to war is a great crime!”

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Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan

“You look at the wars in the world and are surprised, but the world has always been like this, always wild, always rude and cruel, never civilized! Why are you surprised when you look at the world that has always been like this? Are you stupid?”

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“War does not only kill men. Sometimes it quietly takes away their future children.”

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Book:Love in Communism: A Young Woman's Adult Story

Source: Love in Communism: A Young Woman's Adult Story

“I slept under the moonlight and set my soul free, caged within jars like fireflies".”

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