SO IT CAN BE DONE!
(Publication date: February 5, 2007)
So what are we supposed to do?
We can’t sell, produce, or market our goods.
Is that our fault?
The world ignores us.
Under these difficult conditions,
we should be grateful for what we’ve managed to do!
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The phrase ‘So it can be done’ carries
a lot of meaning in itself.
When this phrase is used,
understand that someone is voicing a grievance.
On the other hand, this phrase
also teaches people a lesson in its own right.
This phrase can be used
in many different contexts. Generally, it is said to people who claim that something cannot happen for some reason, when it can.
In other words, it is a short way of saying, “Oh, come on!
Look, it can be done after all.”
When people hear “So it can be done,”
they experience different emotions.
Those who made it happen feel proud!
For those who
didn’t believe it was possible, emotions vary according to their character: Some feel jealous.
Some feel sad.
Some can’t believe what has happened,
even as they feel happy.
Some learn a lesson…
Etc.
In the end, the event
takes place.
Whatever the emotions of people
with different personalities may be, the event that carries a positive meaning at its core and is called “So it can be done” brings certain benefits.
Because if this event that prompts people to say “So it can be done” takes place at an international level, its benefits make no distinction and are distributed equally to everyone.
This is a significant achievement,
and achievements should always be rewarded.
It wasn’t long ago.
Just a few months ago, on November 13,
2006, NEU opened its Faculty of Communication Complex, and I announced it here in this column that same day under the headline “What Have You Done, NEU?”
In my article, I said that with its investment, NEU had raised the bar considerably in the media sector.
Then, in a section of my article titled
“2007 Tourism Trends,” published on January 8, 2007, I said: “For years we’ve heard that tourists don’t come because of the embargoes, and so on. Let’s please stop hiding behind the embargoes now. Look at NEU: when you do your work properly and in line with international standards, have the embargoes and so on prevented it from growing?”
Building on everything I’ve written,
NEU is making another leap forward!
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NEU is holding a press
conference today.
The subject: The International Congress on the Environment. (Unless something goes wrong, I’ll be there too.)
If we consider that almost every sector
in our country hides behind the embargoes and sits back, rather than getting on with things, we can see that, beyond the scale of the congress NEU is holding, even attempting to organize such an event is a courageous act.
Still, to try to convey the scale of the congress, I’ll give you a few figures.
Because, even if these figures are easy
to say, they are very difficult to achieve.
According to what appeared in the press
earlier this week, 1,400 papers for the International Congress on the Environment to be held at NEU have reached the Congress Center so far. In addition, with contributions from international advisors and scientists, the number of participating countries in the Environmental Congress will reach 108, with 99 countries actively participating through 1,400 papers.
In other words, participants from 108 countries are coming to our country despite the “embargoes” we constantly hear about from our businesspeople, politicians, and civil society organizations.
So it seems that among us there are:
people who don’t live by withdrawing from everything, thinking that the world has shut us out; who don’t accept the status quo, who remove the embargoes in their minds, and who, despite all the difficult conditions, make things happen here and do their jobs properly, without saying, “What can we do, brother?
The world doesn’t recognize us!”
So it can be done.
See you on Wednesday… Be courteous
in traffic!
Author’s note: I generally
try not to name institutions in my articles. But since I think NEU is a good example, I should say that I see no harm in naming it. I hope it will serve as an example for our other institutions too, and that we’ll find ourselves having to name them in our columns.
As someone who attaches great importance to promoting the TRNC, I would like to thank, with my deepest gratitude, everyone who contributed to this organization, whose start I have been eagerly awaiting and which has made me proud. The articles I quoted above can be found at www.cemkar.net All texts and other content on this page are original and belong to Cem KAR. They may not, even in part, be used in any way in print or any other electronic medium (CD, the Internet, etc.) without permission.