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It’s been a long time away from Istanbul, but my heart is still there with my friends in the city. One of my family may be going to Istanbul and the rest of Turkey very soon. Me, I have to wait until next year. Anyways, happy new year to the people who come to Istanbul [...]
I was interviewed last month by the Turkish-Kurdish newspaper “Yeni Hayat” in Toronto so I thought I would post the interview here for my Turkish readers. The original poem “In Search of the Little Boy of Istanbul” appeared in a previous issue of the newspaper – in Turkish and Kurdish. I have asked a friend [...]
“Along the Galata Bridge, men fish” is a line from the poem, In Search of the Little Boy of Istanbul, – which is exactly what they do. I don’t know if the tide is up or out, but they line up, shoulder to shoulder along the Galata bridge, thousands of fishing rods, connected to thousands [...]
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