What The Poet Calls on to The Train
Who and what is he calling? Love, pain, joy, sadness, childhood, aspirations, thoughts... Mostly poetry... Haydar Ergülen calls on poetry to help, to express the…
BOOK ANALYSIS
Away From White Men
Typee-A Peep at Polynesian Life (Yapı Kredi Publications, 2nd print, 2013) is Herman Melville’s first novel. Its being a novel or an autobiographic narration is…
An İstanbul Gentleman: Asaf Hâlet Çelebi
Before saying anything else, let me express that Asaf Hâlet Çelebi is an intriguing person. He was able to achieve attracting attention to himself in…
Undying Emotions
Readers feel an emptiness, which also occurs after reading the other Murakami novels due to unanswered questions, in The Wild Sheep Chase (Doğan Books, 9th print, 2016). For instance, unexplained mysteries of the character called Mouse are left hanging in the air at the end of the novel and this awakens the feelings of emptiness and being adrift…
A SEARCH FOR A NEW METHOD
Ahmet Yaşar Ocak examines many fascinating historical names such as Ahmed-i Yesevî, Yunus Emre, Mevlânâ Celâleddîn-i Rûmî, Hacı Bektaş-ı Velî along with many religious cults…
THE THINGS THAT ARE MORE THAN WHAT MEET THE EYE
BALZAC TELLS THE THIRTEEN OVER THE TRAGEDY OF THE TWO FAMILIES. THE SUBJECT OF THE NOVEL IS THE NEGATIVE INFLUENCE OF A GANG, WHICH IS…
THE CONSEQUENCE OF HOPELESS LOVE
WE CAN TELL THAT SVEVO IS AN AUTHOR OF NOVELS THAT ARE DEEP. HE IMPRESSES HIS READERS WITH HIS PROFOUNDNESS. HIS STYLE AND HIS WAY…
THE STORY OF AN ENDLESS JOURNEY
TECHNICALLY, IN NECIP TOSUN’S ANSIZIN HAYAT (SUDDEN LIFE) A FIRST PERSON NARRATIVE IS USED IN THE STORIES. IN OTHER WORDS, THE EVENTS ARE TOLD BY…
AN AMAZING NOVEL
HASAN ALİ TOPTAŞ TELLS REALITY IN A FAIRY TALE MANNER. HIS POINT OF START IS THE TRUTH. WE CAN TELL THAT HE HOLDS THE PEN…
THE PARTS THAT DID NOT MAKE IT INTO THE NOVEL
THE NARRATION OF ORHAN PAMUK IN HIS ESSAYS IS AS IF HE IS A PROTAGONIST. HE VIEWS AND ASSESES THE EVENTS AS IF HE IS…
EXTREME MEASURES OF GROUNDLESSNESS
Journey to the End of the Night (2002, Yapı Kredi Publications) is a post-war novel. Although, the novel does not give a clue about which…
POLITICAL STATE OF LOVE
FAZIL BAŞ HAD WRITTEN WHOLE AND COMPLETE POEMS, OWING THE WHOLENESS TO SKEPTICISM. SKEPTICISM ENSURED FAZIL BAŞ TO DEAL WITH SUBJECTS IN DETAIL. ‘Politics of…
MEMOIRS AND LETTERS
THE LETTERS OF NURETTİN TOPÇU IS A GREAT BOOK THAT MAKES MANY OBSERVATIONS ON THE 1960s’ TURKEY. 2015. Orhan Okay's style has a flow that envelopes…