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.
Several folk songs and modern poems utilize variations of this phrase: 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". The phrase is also occasionally used in modern