Yengecin Yüreği | Çağlar Demirkapı | TEDxAtaturkUniversity
"Ben televizyoncu değilim, rol yapamam."
Çağlar Demirkapı, hayatındaki dönüm noktalarını “mihenk taşları” olarak tanımlıyor. Ona göre, yaşadıklarımız birikir ve dönüp baktığımızda hepsi bizi şekillendiren işaretlere dönüşür.İlk mihenk taşlarından biri, Afrika’dan duyduğu bir atasözü:
“Olgun insan, yengecin yüreğinin nerede olduğunu bilir.”
Bu, doğru zamanda doğru noktayı bulabilmenin metaforuydu. Onun için suyu bulmak da yengecin yüreğini bulmak gibiydi.Üniversite yıllarında izlediği “We Are the World” görüntüleri aklına bir soru düşürdü:
“Acaba ben de yapabilir miyim? Neden olmasın?”
Bu sorunun peşinden Amerika’ya yüksek lisansa gitti, hemodiyaliz alanında çalışmaya başladı. Orada tanıştığı küçük bir kız çocuğu – Fatma – için makineyi tamir etmeye çalıştıkları an, onun için dönüm noktalarından biriydi. O an şunu fark etti:
“Suyla bile bir hayata dokunabiliyorsak, bunu yapmam lazım.”2002’de Etiyopya’da ilk kuyuyu açtı. Yıllar sonra belgesel teklifi geldiğinde “Ben yapamam” dese de kendini Nijerya’da kamera önünde buldu. Ona göre bu bir meslek değil, bir gönül işiydi.Afrika’da gördüğü en büyük sorunlardan biri “öğretilmiş çaresizlik”ti. Bir fili yavruyken kazığa bağladığınızda, büyüdüğünde de kaçamayacağını sanır. Oradaki insanlar da nesiller boyu “neden olmasın” sorusunu sormadan yaşamışlardı.Çağlar Demirkapı, Japonların Ikigai kavramına atıfta bulunarak şunu söyledi:1. Sevdiğiniz şey2. Başardığınız şey3. Dünya için yaptığınız şey4. Karşılığını aldığınız şey
Eğer mihenk taşlarınızı biriktirir ve ardından sihirli soruyu sorarsanız – “Neden olmasın?” – kendi ikigainizi bulabilirsiniz. Ve işte o zaman “mızrağı elinize alır, mavi yengeci vurursunuz.” Çağlar Demirkapı is an expert who conducts international studies in the field of environmental and water engineering. Born in Izmir, Demirkapı completed his undergraduate degree at Dokuz September University and his master's degree in environmental engineering at Florida Atlantic University.ağlar Demirkapı is an expert who conducts international studies in the field of environmental and water engineering. Born in Izmir, Demirkapı completed his undergraduate degree at Dokuz September University and his master's degree in environmental engineering at Florida Atlantic University. Demirkapı, who conducts field studies in regions where access to clean water is limited, is the managing partner at Gama Kim Jul, which develops water treatment systems. in 2019, he won the RTGD Media Oscars Best Documentary award with the program “Water Wars” broadcast on TRT Documentary. Demirkapı believes that access to water is a human right and carries out global projects in this direction. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
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