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A Map Drawn in Starlight My roots are a tangle of continents—the ancient soil of Mesopotamia, the wide skies of Canada, but the true north of my soul has always been Istanbul. As a child, I found my language in the soaring melodies and fraught glances of Turkish dramas. When I turned eighteen, a new figure dominated that screen: Enes Koçak. With his intense focus and the quiet power he brought to every role, he ceased to be just an actor; he became my aspiration. I ignored the tabloid chatter about a woman named Eylül. My admiration was not fandom; it was a catalyst. I told my father, a man who valued ambition, 'I need to learn there. I want to someday stand where they stand and speak the language as if it were my first.' So I went. For four years, Istanbul was my university and my st…