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This suggests that being alone can sharpen judgment instead of only causing pain. It can be taken to mean that solitude teaches self-knowledge, restraint, and what cannot be borrowed from a crowd, and it lands when someone is learning to stand on their own after losing easy company.
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About Mehmet Murat ildan
Turkish journalist and human rights advocate Award-winning reporter and former political prisoner, known for his investigative work on Turkey’s Kurdish conflict and his outspoken criticism of government repression. His writings and interviews offer sharp, firsthand perspectives on dissent and survival under authoritarian pressures.
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