When we look at the turning points that have changed the course of history, we often find that behind these great transformations lies the idea, courage, or determination of just one person. Although it may seem like crowds write history, it is often one individual who inspires, leads, and awakens them.

This person is sometimes alone, sometimes misunderstood, but ultimately leaves a mark that changes the world’s course. What can one person change? Everything. A thought, a system, a mindset, a destiny... While societies resign themselves to the turning of the wheel for years, a single individual who questions that wheel can shake the entire structure. Galileo dared to say, "The Earth moves," despite the pressure of the church. Socrates pursued truth against the dogmas of the system and was sentenced to death.

Gandhi showed that the power to shake an empire could lie in conscience and patience, through nonviolent resistance. Atatürk believed that a nation rising from its ashes could walk the path of independence and modernity. Each was a single individual, yet the impact they left changed the lives of millions.

These people lived in different times, spoke different languages, fought different battles—but they all shared one thing in common: they believed. They knew that the power to make the impossible possible begins within. For them, obstacles were not ends, but thresholds to new beginnings.

As a society, we often resist such individuals at first. They are different. They do not walk the familiar paths; they question what we are used to. That is why we often criticize, belittle, or even exclude them. Yet history has shown us again and again: change is first met with resistance. But those who walk with patience, perseverance, and determination eventually become the pioneers of society.

Many of the freedoms, comforts, and opportunities we enjoy today were once considered “crazy” or “impossible.” Women’s right to vote, the abolition of slavery, environmental movements, space travel, artificial intelligence, the internet… Behind all of these are moments when someone asked, “Why not?”—and dared to follow that question.

This is why what drives a society forward is not just technology, capital, or accumulated knowledge. The real driving force is valuing the person with an idea and giving that idea room to grow. Because a single person’s dream can eventually become the destiny of a nation.

Societies that embrace this mindset do not see differences as threats but as wealth. They welcome new ideas, different voices, and unconventional approaches. Because they know that revolutions are not started by crowds, but by brave hearts who rise from within them.

Today, we too must support such individuals in our communities. We must not leave them alone. In fact, we should seek that same potential within ourselves. Not everyone can change the whole world, but when one person begins to change their surroundings, that ripple grows and can eventually reach the entire society.

Let us not forget: history books are not written by great armies, but by great ideas. And those ideas are often born from just one person. Perhaps alone, but never powerless.

Today, one of us might shape tomorrow’s history. As long as we don’t silence them, ignore them, or diminish them.

Because one person truly can change everything.