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Several folk songs and modern poems utilize variations of this phrase:

The phrase is also occasionally used in modern Turkish media to express extreme shock or comedic disbelief. For instance, the character Ganyotçu from the film Kolpaçino has a popular social media clip using the phrase (I've gone blind!) as a reaction to something unexpected or unsightly. kor_oldum

Themes of "turning to black" or being "struck by an arrowhead" are often paired with the feeling of being emotionally destroyed or "turned to embers". Several folk songs and modern poems utilize variations

Similar metaphors appear in Azerbaijani Turkish, where old age or sorrow is described as a "heavy burden" that consumes the soul. Popular Culture kor_oldum