"History is not a linear line extending straight from eternity to eternity, but a cyclical formation. A day comes when the one furthest behind is ahead of the one in front."

Good Heavens! – The Book of Counsel I (originally Fesüphanallah! - Nasihatname 1) is an exercise in transferring experience to the next generation. Alev Alatlı offers this work as an "advance" for the journey through the 21st century, blending her life's knowledge with history, philosophy, and geography.

Alatlı urges the youth not just to do their best, but to do what is required. She invites readers to look at the world through her windows—closing the ones they dislike and opening new ones. From the Bosphorus to the wider world, she likens Turkey to a sprawling blackberry bush: complex, defying linear logic, and possessing a unique identity that cannot be measured by a ruler.

"Make it a habit to look at the whole," she advises. "Turkey does not sink. If it sinks, the oceans will overflow."