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Sessizliğe öyle alışmıştım ki, sonsuza kadar sessiz kalacağımı sanırdım.

Çünkü sessiz kalmak, küçük dünyamda babamla olan iletişim biçimimdi. Babam akşamları yorgun gelirdi. Ben de bütün gün evde sıkılır ve onun gelişini sabırsızlıkla beklerdim. Kapıdan girer girmez boynuna atlar, onunla oynamak isterdim.

Babam beni kucaklar, öper, sonra"Git odana" derdi. Yemek hazır olunca annem beni çağırır, bu kez babamla masada bir araya gelirdik. Annemle konuşurlarken ben araya girer, duyulmayınca bağırırdım.

Babam sinirlenir, "Bütün gün insanların kafalarını patlattım, şimdi sen de rahat vermiyorsun!" derdi. Annem de beni azarlar, "Bütün gün zaten seninle uğraştım, babanla iki laf etmeyecek miyim?" der ve beni odama gönderirdi.

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I kept so quiet that I would probably keep quiet forever.

Because being quiet was the way I communicated with my father in my tiny world. My father would come home tired in the evenings.
I would get bored at home all day and eagerly await his arrival. As soon as he walked through the door, I would throw myself on his neck and want to play with him.

My father would hug me, kiss me, and then say, go to your room. When dinner was ready, my mother would call me, and this time we would get together at the table with my father. While they were talking to my mother, I would intervene and when I couldn’t be heard, I would shout.

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​The meaning of the word "Ham" in English is "a dish made by salting and drying the upper part of the pig's leg". So, did the hamburger get its name because it was made from pork?..

Absolutely not! The history of the hamburger dates back to the Turkish communities known as Tatars in Central Asia. At that time, the warrior Tatar horses ate raw meat. Over time, they discovered that when they put this meat under their saddles, as a result of the movements of the horses on long expeditions, this meat somehow cooked a little and became easier to chew.

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