personal exhibit
a private museum
Welcome to my corner of the internet! This is my museum of science, photography, and a bunch of feelings.
Quick reminder that this site is currently under construction! Thank you for your patience.
about this place
this site is the long-term experiment of a teenager trying to figure out life, love, the future, and all the unanswered questions science has to offer.
curated by: yours truly · goal: to witness evolution in real time
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hall 01
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foyer / about
overview.
you’re in the entrance hall. from here you can walk into different wings: academics, lab work, reflections, media, gallery, diary, and archive.
orientation
what lives here?
basically my whole life, but in exhibits.
academic wing
lab wing
logs & notes
stacks & specimens
quick facts
who’s running this museum?
hi, i'm a 17 year old amateur photographer, and future scientist based in istanbul.
- coordinates: none of your business
- currently on the grind for: AP chemistry
- favorite object: palomino blackwing matte green
- current obsession: origins of life
currently watching
How I Met Your Mother · S1 E16
currently reading
Alphonse Daudet - Le petit chose
page: way too behind
currently on repeat
Lo/Hi - The Black Keys
Strong Enough - Cher
Respect - Aretha Franklin
currently analyzing
A New Spin on the Origin of Biological Homochirality - Şükrü Furkan Öztürk
hall 02
02
curriculum / control room
classes, progress bars, whiteboard snapshots.
this is the academic console: classes, big goals, and the feeling that life is one giant progress bar that never quite reaches 100%.
current classes
progress readout
chemistry
16%
calculus bc
15%
physics 1
58%
physics 2
35%
origins of life
5%
long-term goals
projects & obsessions
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whiteboard snapshots
records of my whiteboard before i erase it to do something that's apparently more important
2025-11-03 · [title]
hall 03
03
lab notebook / field notes
experiments, failed hypotheses, unsolved mysteries.
this is the science part: lab work, random day-to-day experiments, unsolved questions, and notes from my field work.
experiments
formal & informal
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questions i want answered before i die
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failed hypotheses
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- hypothesis: “third time’s the charm.”
observation: requires more attempts than advertised.
conclusion: charm is fake, persistence is real.
- hypothesis: “if i don’t write it down, i’ll remember anyway.”
observation: absolutely not.
conclusion: notebooks are external brain lobes.
- hypothesis: “once i finish this project, life will calm down.”
observation: new projects keep appearing out of thin air.
conclusion: chaos will always be a constant; learn to surf.
unsolved mysteries
some of the ongoing questions i'm chasing the answers to:
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[hypothesis]
hall 04
04
logs / journal / notes
micro-updates, things i learned this month.
a place for short updates, “things i learned this month,” and tiny reflections that don’t need a whole page.
notes - what's on my mind
feed
2025-11-14 · 15:03
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2025-11-13 · 22:41
[random idea]
2025-11-10 · 09:12
[random memory]
when you want to log something small, just add another
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things i learned this month
snapshot
- [month yyyy]
· one:
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- [next month]
[input awaits]
thought experiments
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hall 05
05
library / media stacks
quiet zone. books, films, albums, and papers.
this hall is the inputs room: what i read, watch, listen to, and the papers i pretend to understand.
the library
reading log
Uyku Sersemi · Hakan Bıçakçı
Socrates' Defense · Plato
Aramızdaki en Kısa Mesafe · Barış Bıçakçı
science papers
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[paper title]
watching & listening
screens & sound
this is the media hall: movies, series, albums, things that color the background of my life.
viewing log
[movie / series]
listening log
private music · Deftones
some recommendations
· one book: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
· one documentary: Keep Sweet, Prey and Obey
· one film: The Sound of Music
hall 06
06
specimens / photography / microscopy
tiny museum of images.
this room is for visuals: photography and microscopy. weird corners of istanbul from my eyes, and whatever ends up under the microscope.
photo wall
click a photo to see its metadata, location, and a tiny rant.
i'll replace gradient backgrounds with my photos later.
microscopy lens
click through slides to see different specimens. real microscope
images can replace these later. idea inspired by [name];
this is my own version.
slide 01 · moss
hall 07
07
archive / timeline / rules
deep storage & phylogenetic sitemap.
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evolution of my research interests
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personal manifesto
- reject rigidity, embrace curiosity.
- remember that what has once been done may be done again.
- don't let school get in the way of your education.
- you're allowed to restart as many times as necessary.
- memento audere semper.
- don't lower yourself to fit in.
- there's nothing more punk rock than being kind.
world map of places i've been to
if you’ve made it this far, you’re either stalking me (hi), or very curious (also hi). but either way, you're allowed to...
leave a note in my guestbook
emailing is underrated and should be the standard form of communication. frankly, i love receiving them, so...
email me!
sitemap
are you lost?
root: cabinet-of-REDACTED
├── 01_foyer
├── 02_curriculum
│ ├── classes
│ ├── long_arcs
│ └── whiteboard_snapshots
├── 03_lab
│ ├── experiments
│ ├── daily_life_experiments
│ └── failed_hypotheses
├── 04_logs
│ ├── micro_notes
│ └── monthly_learnings
├── 05_library
│ ├── reading
│ ├── watching
│ ├── listening
│ └── favourite_papers
├── 06_specimens
│ ├── photography
│ └── microscopy
├── 07_archive
│ ├── brain_timeline
│ └── rules_and_future_tabs
└── 08_journal
unfinished business & abandoned ideas
list projects i paused here:
- [project name] — where i left it, and if i’d ever revive it.
- “archive of abandoned ideas” = [text]
hall 08
08
journal / daily logs
journal, daily logs.
hold on. this hall is not for strangers.
do you know me well enough to be here?
it either opens or it doesn’t. like the all-or-none law.
note
where do entries live?
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