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01 Overview
SISU Free Soul is an editorial platform for Təhminə Doruk about freedom, self-authorship, honest conversations and the courage to choose your own life.
02 The story
SISU Free Soul was created as a cinematic digital home for ideas that need more room than a conventional personal website can provide. The platform combines Təhminə Doruk's story and manifesto with essays, podcast conversations, short films and real-life stories.
The experience uses large-format media, editorial typography, scroll-led motion and a calm visual system to make reflection feel intentional rather than transactional. It also includes an authenticated content workspace at /admin, where drafts can be previewed and published to GitHub through a single commit and the normal Vercel deployment flow.
03 Problem, solution, impact
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The problem
Təhminə needed a distinctive platform for publishing personal ideas, conversations and visual stories without reducing them to a static profile or social feed.
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The solution
Designed and built a Next.js editorial platform with cinematic media, structured content sections, podcast and video archives, journal pages, story collections, responsive motion and a Git-backed CMS.
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The impact
Created a durable home for SISU's voice and content, giving the project a strong public identity while making publishing and future editorial growth manageable.
6Editorial Sections
4Content Formats
Git-backed CMSPublishing
04 Features
- Cinematic Homepage01
- Podcast Archive02
- Journal & Essays03
- Video Stories04
- Git-Backed CMS05
- Responsive Editorial Motion06
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05 Guided tour
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Cinematic Homepage
SISU Free Soul was created as a cinematic digital home for ideas that need more room than a conventional personal website can provide.
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Podcast Archive
The platform combines Təhminə Doruk's story and manifesto with essays, podcast conversations, short films and real-life stories.
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Journal & Essays
The experience uses large-format media, editorial typography, scroll-led motion and a calm visual system to make reflection feel intentional rather than transactional.
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Video Stories
It also includes an authenticated content workspace at /admin, where drafts can be previewed and published to GitHub through a single commit and the normal Vercel deployment flow.
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Git-Backed CMS
Designed and built a Next.js editorial platform with cinematic media, structured content sections, podcast and video archives, journal pages, story collections, responsive motion and a Git-backed CMS.
- 06 / 07
Responsive Editorial Motion
Created a durable home for SISU's voice and content, giving the project a strong public identity while making publishing and future editorial growth manageable.
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Editorial Storytelling & Conversation Platform
SISU Free Soul is an editorial platform for Təhminə Doruk about freedom, self-authorship, honest conversations and the courage to choose your own life.
SISU is deliberately slower and more spacious than a typical content platform. The most important design decision was to make the interface feel like an editorial room for thought while keeping the publishing system practical.
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