VarlikEurozineVarlik2013-07-23Summary: Varlik 6/2013Göksel Aymaz
An intellectual who has realized himself
Göksel Aymaz says, "Nazim Hikmet discovers the dominant desire that he wanted to realize at the age of nineteen. This happens as he leaves Istanbul for Ankara to join the struggle for independence. His future intellectual function is determined by his idea of the 'country' that he sees, feeling its burden in himself, and socialism revolving around this idea." Mehmet Rifat
Philologists await translation
Mehmet Rifat discusses philologists whose works have not been translated to Turkish, saying, "In both interviews and conference notes, Greimas himself says that their acquaintance in Turkey plays a part in the origins of Greimas' semiology."Ilyas Tunç
Cultural agenda: The evolution of contemporary Nigerian poetry
Tunç says, "The civil war has been a turning point in post-colonial Nigerian poetry. In its aftermath, poetry was freed from being Europe-centric, spread to a wider audience, and the personal suffering and joy of poets was replaced with social dynamism."Ayse Duygu Yavuz
Living without plays: Women confined to gender
Yavuz discusses how the concept of "play" in Oguz Atay's Tutunamayanlar (The Disconnected), Tehlikeli Oyunlar (Dangerous Plays) and Oyunlarla Yasayanlar (Living by Plays) can be studied through gender.Orhan Veli
The prettiest place in Istanbul
Necati Tonga reprints the original of Orhan Veli's essay "The Prettiest Place in Istanbul" which was published in the Tanin journal on January 30, 1945, and has not been included in any of his books.The full table of contents of Varlik 6/2013