- 0:00
SPEAKER_00: Always positive Savgulabla or Sevgula just as she calls out to us Abam darling Aba is a colloquial term derived from the word Abla used to describe siblingly closeness.
- 0:16
SPEAKER_00: It literally translates as sister, but when accompanied with an M in the end, as in Abam, it refers to my sister.
- 0:25
SPEAKER_00: It may sound confusing at times since it can also be used by the sister herself while addressing a close one in a way to express affection and endearment.
- 0:35
SPEAKER_00: It may also be read as sweetheart.
- 0:39
SPEAKER_00: I did not see Seugilabla within the past two months.
- 0:42
SPEAKER_00: Normally, every weekday after finishing the morning program on SimTV, I collect the daily newspapers and drop them off at the Yineduzan News Center.
- 0:51
SPEAKER_00: Whilst doing so, I usually bump into Sevilabla, and that encounter, that brief chat, that smiling face, that positive energy has a huge impact on making my day absolutely brilliant.
- 1:05
SPEAKER_00: It won't anymore.
- 1:07
SPEAKER_00: As I said, I didn't come across Seugiluluda for two months.
- 1:11
SPEAKER_00: She must be on leave, I thought, and didn't ask anyone anything.
- 1:15
SPEAKER_00: Then when I asked where on earth is Seugilabla, I received the news that she's not well.
- 1:22
SPEAKER_00: I also learned the diagnosis and the name of her illness, and that her condition wasn't improving at all, and never would.
- 1:30
SPEAKER_00: She'd send words saying, Don't let anyone come to visit me, just remember me as I am.
- 1:36
SPEAKER_00: How can we forget you Abum?
- 1:39
SPEAKER_00: In my view, a woman of utmost integrity never wanted to call a spade a spade, but I always used to wonder, how can a person manage to be so full of positive energy?
- 1:51
SPEAKER_00: Of course, being positive or appearing to be so didn't necessarily mean that a person had to be happy or healthy or that they never experienced any negative emotions.
- 2:02
SPEAKER_00: Segulablo was someone who could give you hope even in your most difficult moments.
- 2:07
SPEAKER_00: She was understanding towards everyone and knew how to listen with a smile.
- 2:12
SPEAKER_00: When she spoke, she was like a doctor administering a feel-good injection.
- 2:18
SPEAKER_00: She was a true big sister who, rather than draining you with her energy, refreshed you with it.
- 2:24
SPEAKER_00: Shielding just the big sister to the young staff at Yeniduzan, she was also a mother to the little dogs around the newspaper building.
- 2:32
SPEAKER_00: I'll always remember how those little dogs, especially the Yavro Gulujik, as we say in Cyprus, would greet her every morning as she got out of her car.
- 2:42
SPEAKER_00: Finally, for my condolences to her beloved husband, Zeki Arkut, and her son Burak.
- 2:48
SPEAKER_00: In peace, Abam, I love you, you know.
- 2:51
SPEAKER_00: May God strike us down if we ever forget you.
- 2:56
SPEAKER_00: Ah, a few words on Savegir's struggle.
- 2:59
SPEAKER_00: Peace, Cyprus, the missing, humanity first, and of course, women's rights.
- 3:06
SPEAKER_00: Our flag is peace, our banner is a solution.
- 3:10
SPEAKER_00: I promise, Save Good.
- 3:12
SPEAKER_00: I promise.