— Aysun BoyacıWhen I saw this site, I was first overcome with sadness. To be honest, I didn’t feel like putting these words together while constantly trying to chase away the pure reality that I don’t want to accept and that keeps falling into my mind.
Then I heard Havva Alp’s voice inside me saying “come on, get up.”
During the time we worked together, I heard the word “come on” more than I have ever heard in my life. And it wasn’t because we were lazy; we were quite hardworking people, dedicated to our jobs. Sometimes we would just pack up everything and throw ourselves outside. In the end, her bittersweet, goal-oriented, and selfless perspective left a mark on all of us. In my later years, I met very few people as dedicated, hardworking, selfless, and sharing as her.
This description doesn’t just apply to her outlook on work; I think it covers the entire foundation of her life.
There is that question that starts with “if you were stranded on a deserted island,” well, one of those three answers for me is Havva Alp. She would create an amazing synergy, lock onto the goal, and carry everyone beside her to the top.
Therefore, that deserted island would become a world leader in culture, shopping, economy, or whatever she was doing at that moment within a few months; there would be no possibility of staying hungry or thirsty, we would get by and even prosper.
While feeling inwardly embarrassed about my knowledge of plants, which is only enough to take care of a cactus, I believe even this vast world owes a debt of gratitude to Havva Alp for her contributions to nature and the environment, for what she sowed and reaped, and for her labor.
She touched her environment and all the people she interacted with as if with a magic wand. I admired her effort to add value to everything and everyone, and the energy she spent on this purpose. I will never know the answer to the question “how can this woman keep up with everything?”
She was the lighthouse in my life, the strongest and most magnificent light shining right into my mind. I count myself very lucky and thank my dear sister Havva for being one of the few angels in my life, for embracing me no matter what, and for being this woman who was stubborn, persistent, yet so soft and sweet, and bound to people with an endless faith.
You are one of my greatest “I’m glad’s.”
I wish for your life in this world to be remembered with celebrations; sleep peacefully and in light…