While I was trying to find a place to buy furnitures for my new apartment in LA, somebody advised me to take a look at this website (i.e. www.freecycle.org). I haven’t experienced it myself yet, but I find it quite useful for many things. It is mentioned to be “a nonprofit movement of people who are giving and getting stuff for free in their own towns”. Everybody has many things they somehow got in the past and they may want to give them away. It is the easiest and most organized way to post those stuff here. You just make the offer and people come to take those away from you. Hence, you don’t need to make any effort to carry anything and you don’t get sad to throw things away. Similarly, if you need something you believe somebody in your town may want to give away, you just post a wanted message for that thing etc. I am not a member of any of them but I have seen several groups in Turkey. There were some problems with the website last week, probably since it is still beta; but I think they will sort it out soon. I recommend you to take a look at it at least and maybe someday you will find it handy, especially if you are a student.