Statue of Laz man and woman. Arhavi, TurkeyLaz_people 
Long live Anatolian culture and people 
From Macuka (Matzouka, Maçka) Trabzon, Turkey. 1950's Kemençe, Davul, zurna traditional Pontic music instruments 
Traditional Pontic house and old woman from Sürmene, Trabzon.
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God permeates the whole wide world,
Yet His truth is revealed to none.
You better seek Him in yourself,
You and He aren't apart-you're one.
The other world lies beyond sight.
Here on earth we must live upright.
Exile is torment, pain, and blight.
No one comes back once he is gone.
Come, let us all be friends for once,
Let us make life easy on us,
Let us be lovers and loved ones,
The earth shall be left to no one.
To you, what Yunus says is clear,
Its meaning is in your heart's ear:
We should all live the good life here,
Because nobody will live on...
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If you break a true believer's heart once,
It's no prayer to God--this obeisance,
All of the world's seventy-two nations
Cannot wash the dirt off your hands and face.
There are the sages--they have come and gone.
Leaving their world behind them, they moved on.
They flapped their wings and flew to the True One,
Not like geese, but as birds of Paradise.
The true road doesn't ever run awry,
The real hero scoffs at clambering high,
The eye that can see God is the true eye,
Not the eye that stares from a lofty place.
If you followed the never-swerving road,
If you held a hero's hand as he strode,
If doing good deeds was your moral code,
You shall get a thousand to one, no less.
These are the moving facts that Yunus tells,
Where his blend of butter and honey jells,
Not salt, but jewelry is what he sells--
These goods he hands out to the populace.
- Yunus Emre
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