{:en} Melda Sherman: Hello, can you tell us a little about yourself? What is your name? Berna Yeltekin: Hello, thank you for this interview. My name is Berna Yeltekin. I was born in Istanbul and grew up in a family where Turkish and American cultures blended. My family had lived in America for about ten years before I was born, but they decided to return due to homesickness and being away from loved ones. At home, we spoke Turkish, but English words sometimes slipped into our daily conversations. In a way, I grew up in a culturally "Americanized" atmosphere. As a child, I always felt the freedoms and comforts...

{:en} We want to know people who benefit the whole (the world). All people in the world need inspiration, science, kindness, and reminders that beauty is possible. In ARTTMODERNMIAMI GAZETTE, we reach people who are proud and inspiring. We want to know and introduce people who will inspire us with their success and courage. ARTTMODERNMIAMI NEWSPAPER: Who is Ivet Acu Guney? Ivet Acu GUNEY: I am an instructor chef, a researcher of world Jewish food culture and Sephardic food history, and the founder of Las Manos Cooking Class. ARTTMODERNMIAMI NEWSPAPER: Where do you live? Ivet Acu GUNEY: I have been living in Stockholm for 8 years. I have 2 sons, 12-year-old...

{:en} We start the week with Venus-Chiron trine (positive). Ending resentments, reconciliation, and repairing the wounds in the heart will be on the agenda. If we use Chiron correctly, the wound in us will cease to be a wound and heal both ourselves and our environment. Venus, in its general meaning, rules love, affection and materiality. The positive aspect it will make with Chiron will give material and spiritual help with the creative power of love. Helping those in need will be healing for all of us with the power of divine love to create. On August 16, 2023, there will be a Venusian New Moon at...

{:en} For days with no end; Hungry and thirsty, I was without poetry and you... My heart imagining; The memory of your hands, Touching me with love, Shaky and slowly caressing my tanned skin... Your blue eyes looking tenderly, begging for mercy, And surrounding us is a thousand stars... They were the witness to this last night. How I imagined to make love to you one last night. But I know then I would never have the courage to leave this town and this state, The furthest I needed to get away from you and us, I knew I would suffocate, You keep breathing love, I share my mask And we keep falling Out of love And I keep sharing Holding my breath And you are in...

{:en} The ones who are lucky enough to have loving parents or a parent knows what unconditional love is, and the one who has a child or children know how it feels to have unconditional love. I have an amazing mother and I know what unconditional love is but this one was so different, so unexpected and I believe something very special and I was the luckiest person to have the chance to experience that love. In a world where people choose hate over love, a world where people kidnap other loved ones, and others choose to kill kids, and people go through horrible pains that I...

{:en} Royal Ascot horse race is one of the most famous horse races all around the world. In my opinion, the race itself might not be that interesting for many of us who know nothing about horse races but the environment during the race, now that is something to experience at least once in a lifetime. My infatuation with Royal Ascot came around the time I started making hats. As Royal Ascot and Melbourne Cup are the two races no one will attend without a hat. While I got to experience Melbourne Cup (a world-famous horse race held in Australia) from far away thanks to my clients, I...

{:en} The past sometimes can't go away, stays. Just like our scars, the wound is no longer there, but the scar is and sometimes that scar stings our eyes. You want to scratch, you feel shivering, and maybe you get angry about it. But I'm telling you, that wound is not there anymore, whatever emotion you can feel, that wound belongs to the past. But can we always leave the past in the past? I guess we don't. If it were possible, would I write this article? When I share this tragicomic story that happened to a relative of mine, I think you will understand my opinion...

{:en} What happens to the body during and after the pregnancy? During pregnancy, your belly needs to expand and provide a comfortable environment for your baby. Meanwhile, the skin of your belly stretches and like a piece of cloth under tension it loses its elasticity to some extent. As a result, after giving birth, especially following multiple pregnancies, the stretch forces cause your belly skin to become more loose and saggy. The same is valid for the breasts as well. Once they are full of breast milk, they expand and stretch as the belly. So, after the hormones are withdrawn and the breast milk production is seized, the...