2.Cause and Effect Essay-The Effects of Alcoholism

23.04.2014

Feyzanur Öztürk

                                                     The Effects of Alcoholism

      Alcohol is the main of additive substances. Many people get used to drink alcohol and they can easily become addicted. That is problem is called ‘Alcoholism’. Generally, people drink alcohol to reduce depression, to fit in with the crowd or satisfy their curiosity. People start to drink due to different reasons. Alcohol consumption can cause major health problems, social problems, pecuniary loss and intangible damages.

     That alcohol causes health problems is one of the major effects of alcoholism. Alcohol kills brain cells. People feel relaxed when you drink alcohol. If they drink it a lot, it causes to augment anxiety and depression. Other effects of alcoholism are not to think logically, not to decide and to lose body balance. Alcohol leads to undermine memory because of the fact that it kills brain cells. Moreover, it results in early ageing and dotage. People who drink alcohol suffer from insomnia. Even if they sleep a long time, they feel tired. Alcohol prevents to be absorbed vitamins and other food and it causes gastric ulcer.

     Alcohol which is a progressing disease causes social problems. People who start to drink alcohol become addicted in time and alcohol is the most important thing for him. Alcoholic people ignore all of their responsibilities. They might lose their jobs due to this. They can start to have problems with relationships. Some marriages end in divorce. Because alcoholics lose their brain’s control, they can’t think consciously and they are prone to crime.

     Other effects of alcoholism are pecuniary loss and intangible damages. Alcoholics waste their money for buying alcohol. If their money is finished up, they try to find different ways such as gambling or owing their friends. Later, they are on the hook because of financial problems. Besides financial problems, there are moral damages. Especially, drinking and driving can cause serious accidents. The more you drink, the more likely you are to have an accident. Although, to drive with alcohol is dangerous and ban, some people can’t respect this law and it causes traffic accidents which include loss of life and property.

     Consequently, the effects of alcoholism which are health problems, social problems, pecuniary loss and intangible damages can cause many problems that affect people’s life in all aspects. Alcohol harms parts of body and kills brain cells. It causes other disorders that affect your health. It also can cause depression or changes in behaviours that result in problems with their family, friends, and with themselves. Alcohol is not a solution and it results in permanent and dangerous situations. 

The Effects of Watching Too Much Television-Cause and Effect Essay1-First Draft

                                                    Feyzanur Öztürk 

                                                    April 12, 2014

                                            The Effects of Watching Too Much Television

     Television which is an indispensable part of the life is one of the best inventions in history of the humanity. In early years, only affluent family belong television, but it is almost every house now. Television’s harms are so much when it is compared with its benefits. To tell the truth, TV is also as addictive as cigarette, drug or alcohol. It includes TV series, TV shows and cartoons, and people watch them because of a lot of reasons. Watching too much TV causes some problems which are the psychology of children and adults, communication and social, and physical.

     The first effect of watching too much TV is about the psychology of children and adults. People watch TV to stifle their loneliness, spend time or enjoy. People try to overcome the lack of emotion that they cannot experience in real life by watching TV. The epitome of this is TV series. For instance, people who have a monotony life watch TV series that exciting scenes to get excited. People who want to enjoy watch sitcom or reality show. Some of them watch documentary or sports. Thanks to television they get a great amount of information. Television gives us opportunities to see the best actors, sport matches, to learn famous people’s lives.   TV brings the world to their room and they become addicted it unwittingly. TV helps us to relax after a hard day work, but the news makes us annoyed and bored. On the other hands, watchers see people in country and in other lands, and learn of their cultures, opinions. People can be affected these different cultures or opinions. They want to change their cultures and opinions, but they don’t know whether it is right because everything seems different in television. Television causes to kill brain’s cells and undermine thinking ability. Especially, television affects children. Cartoons may include violence and fictional characters in there. Children might emulate and try dangerous movements. In last years, there had been an incident which was made the news. A child is affected a fiction character which can fly and jump from balcony. Also, these incidents carry weight with families.  They shouldn’t allow their children to watch too much TV.

     Other effects of watching too much television are communication and social. TV dominates the life of the family most of time. The TV set isn't just a piece of furniture. It's someone who is ‘one of the family members’.  When family come together and they watch TV instead of talking each other. That leads lack of communication among family members. For example, my father is exactly an addict of TV. Even if our quests come, he doesn’t turn-off it. If there is noise, he warns children and asks them to go the other room. This attitude of him bothers us. Actually I was also an addict of TV who spent at least 10 hours in front of TV to watch anything that I could find. I would not go outside to catch TV series on time.  That situation had caused that I became an asocial person. I haven’t watch TV hardly ever in these days because I can follow my TV series when I want on the Internet and I don’t feel addictive to TV myself.  

      The last effect of watching too much TV is physical. That people watch TV at close distance result in visual impairment. If people watch TV lying down or sitting quite a while, their back or neck might be in pain. Watching TV too much can cause brain to compromise so eating disorder is occurred. While people are watching TV, they don’t want to prepare meal and eat junk-food. They damage their health unwittingly. Generally, children have visual impairment due to watching TV at close distance not adults. They suffer from headache or backache. Both children and adults have eating disorder because of television.

    To sum up, nowadays whole generations are growing addicted to the televisions. In past, people used to have hobbies, to meet friends, to go to the cinemas or to the theatre and sporting events, to read books or to listen to the music, but now they just sit and watch TV. There are television’s benefits and harms, but its harms are so much. Although people watch it due to different reasons, they are affected the same effects. They can experience psychological and social problems or among their family members can be a lack of communication. There might be occurred some health problems. Consequently, television should be watched consciously. 

                                                                OUTLINE

Thesis statement: Watching too much TV causes some problems which are the psychology of children and adults, communication and social, and physical.

1)The first effect of watching too much TV is about the psychology of children and adults.

   1.1) Why people watch TV

   1.2) Television’s effects on the psychology of adults and children

2) Other effects of watching too much television are communication and social.

   2.1) Lack of communication among family members.

   2.3) Being an asocial person

3)The last effect of watching too much TV is physical.

   3.1) Causing visual impairment

   3.2) Suffering from headache or backache

   3.3) Eating disorder because of television

 Conclusion statement: Consequently, television should be watched consciously.

Tourist Destinations in Samsun-Division Essay-Second Draft

 31.03.2014

                      Feyzanur Öztürk

                                                                                                                                           

                                                 Tourist Destinations in Samsun

     Samsun is the most developed city of the Black Sea Region in terms of education, health, industry, trade, transportation, and economy. It is also known as “The Capital City of the Black Sea” or “Atatürk’s City”. At the same time, Samsun is a port city and it has got a wonderful coast. Its coast is divided into two parts as east and west. There are beaches, picnic areas and parks. In addition to these, there are also touristic areas inherited from the past. Some of them were restored or rebuilt making their models and were opened to visit. The Amisos Hill (Toptepe Tumulus), the Amazon Island, Tekkeköy Caves and the Bandırma Ship are the best known tourist destinations in Samsun.

     Toptepe tumuslus is one of archaeological sits. It was discovered in 1995. After a large-scale excavation work, that settlement belonged to the Hellenistic period appeared. There is located a tomb that is thought to belong to one of the families in the kingdom of Pontus. Additionally, Amisos treasure found in burial vaults is exhibited at the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography of Samsun. The excavation works were finished in 2008 and it was called as “the Amisos Hill”. These days, Amisos hill has been restored to serve tourism and burial vaults is opened to visitors. They go there by telpher or car. There is a restaurant which visitors can spend time accompanied by the soothing seascape and the view of Amazon Island.

     Amazon sculpture, Amazon water-channel, artificial ski-run, seafood restaurants and picnic areas are located in Amazon Island by the Amisos hill. A water park and a fitness center are planned to be build. Moreover, a village exists by name “Amazon Village” and symbolic beewax Amazon sculptures, pargettings and diary wares are placed in there. There are two sculptures which are called "Anatolian Lions" on the right and the left of the Amazon sculpture. Visitors can ride the elevator up in the sculptures to overlook Amazon Island. At same time, these sculptures are also museums.

      Tekkekoy caves was started to be digged in 1941 and was declared as an archaeological sit. These days, after great efforts in Tekkekoy caves for geting them to contribute to tourism and economy, it is opened to visitors since 2013. The past of the settlement in the caves dates back to 60000 B.C. Mesolithic and Bronze ages' settlements are also included. Furthermore, Hittite trail, Phrygian Castle, old Greek houses are located around the caves.  The old Greek houses were opened to visitors after the restorations. Potteries and some other wares which were found during diggings are exhibited in these houses.

     The Bandırma Ship has got an important role in view of the birth of the Republic of Turkey. Bandırma is a ship which carried Atatürk from Istanbul and arrived in Samsun on May 19, 1919, the date which traditionally marks the beginning of the Turkish Independence War. Therefore, Bandırma ship was rebuilt faithfully and opened to visit in 2003. This museum is an outdoor museum. In the museum, the beewax sculptures of Mustafa Kemal, his comrades in the army and the crew are on display.

       To sum up, in addition to these, there are a lot of places that should be seen. Samsun continues to develop from the point of tourism. The number of tourists coming to city increases year by year. The visitors are attracted by both its historical places and its natural beauty. Additionally, the cordial attitude of the people of Samsun is one of the best sides. Samsun which is a developed city in terms of education, health, industry, trade, transportation and economy is on the 17th rank in the livable cities list thanks to all these aspects.