Varlik
Eurozine
Varlik
2011-10-17
Summary: Varlik 10/2011
Yüksel Pazarkaya, Gültekin Emre, Habib Bektas, Mehmet Ünal
Dossier: 50th year of worker migration to Germany / "We asked for workers; people came"
Commemorating the 50th year of the Gastarbeiter, this dossier includes the political and artistic observations of Pazarkaya, Emre and Bektas on the worker exchange. Also contributing is photographer Mehmet Ünal, who lives in Germany. Ünal's photographs provide a gallery of faces, depicting the movement.
Yüksel Pazarkaya
Traces never go back: 50 years of migration
Pazarkaya offers a political analysis of the workers' migration process, and says, "With the fall of the Berlin Wall and the Iron Curtain, stability for migrants was also shattered. The focus of interest and resources shifted overnight. The rehabilitation of East Germany and other eastern European nations became central to all efforts and spending."
Gültekin Emre
Gatekeepers of the foreign land
Emre offers short reviews of writers of Turkish origin who write in German, and writers and poets who continue to write in Turkish despite living in Germany, tracing the implications of migration for literature.
Habib Bektas
You'll forget the language that lulled you to sleep
A sardonic narrative of the latest generation of Turks living in Germany.
Melih Cevdet Anday Günleri
Cultural agenda: Melih Cevdet Anday Days
The sixth "Melih Cevdet Anday Days and Culture Festival" was held 2-3 September. We reprint two papers delivered during the event.
Sennur Sezer
The importance of imagery in Melih Cevdet poetry
An essay on Melih Cevdet's poetry.
Adnan Özyalçiner
Melih Cevdet's novels
A critique of Anday's prose and novels.
Gülsah Elikbank
Interview with Nazli Eray
An interview with fantasy novelist Nazli Eray on her latest works.
Hasan Bülent Kahraman
A midsummer night's fever
In this issue's chronicles, Kahraman compares Camus and Sartre.
Mehmet Rifat
Repertoire of differentiating properties I: Critics
Short discussions of Turkish critics from the writers' perspectives
Melike Belkis Aydin
The facsimile of a nesting doll: Ali Teoman
An essay on the works of novelist and storywriter Ali Teoman, who passed away recently.
Haydar Ergülen
Akif my brother
An essay on the poetry of Muzaffer Ilhan Erdost and Akif Kurtulus.
Mustafa Serif Onaran
People of literature "From lives to the biography"
An essay on the lexicon of names and works in Turkish literature.
Salih Bolat
Necmi Selamet on the mountain road
A memoir on Necmi Selamet, who passed away recently.
Hivren Demir-Atay
The worldly modes of reading: Felski, Kafka and Proust
A critique of Felski's Uses of Literature.
Aydan Yalçin, Sabit Kemal Bayildiran
The social position of poetesses II
An assessment of works by female poets in Turkey.
Çigdem Ülker
Blown to Datça by the winds of the poet and the poem
An essay on Can Yücel and the town of Datça, where the poet lived his last years.
Tozan Alkan
Translation periodicals published in Turkey
An assessment of periodicals on translation published in Turkey throughout history.
Enver Ercan
An assessment of works from aspiring poets.
Gülce Baser
A review of Pazarkaya's Residence Permit and The Color of Autumn printed in the same volume.
Bülent Parlak
A review on Ipekçi'si first novel Maya, recently reprinted.
Melike Belkis Aydin
Interview with Nilüfer Açikalin
An interview with Nilüfer Açikalin, who published her latest story collection Çildiran Öyküler (Maddening Stories).
Hüseyin Alemdar
A review of Peker's collected poems.
Zafer Doruk
A review of Çiracioglu's latest novel.
Dilek Demirdelen
A review of Rahmi Emeç's poetry.
Ismail Mert Basat
A review of Metin Cengiz's latest poetry collection Imgeler Benim Yurdum (Images Are My Land).
Gültekin Emre
Poetry chronicles
A chronicle on poetry books, magazines and poets.