10. An experience he describes in passing in his novels
The Black Book and Cevdet Bey and His Sons, as
well as more thoroughly in his personal memoir
Istanbul.
11. On 12 October 2006, the Swedish Academy
announced that Orhan Pamuk had been awarded
the 2006 Nobel Prize in literature.
12. (1923 - 2015). He was one of Turkey's leading writers. He
received 38 awards during his lifetime and had been a
candidate for the Nobel Prize on literature on the strength
of his most famous book, Memed,My Hawk.
YAŞAR KEMAL
13. Yaşar Kemal’s the most famous novels : The
Dirty Story, The Baby, Memet and Memet and
Memed, My Hawk
14. Yaşar Kemal has used the legends and stories of
Anatolia extensively as the basis of his works. He
received international acclaim with the publication
of İnce Memed (Memed, My Hawk) in 1955.
15. His books have been translated into more
than 40 languages in the world.
16. NAZIM HİKMET RAN
He was born in Salonica in 1902. For most of the authoroties
he is considered as the most successful Turkish poet.
17. Five Lines
To overcome lies in the heart, in the streets,
in the books
from the lullabies of the mothers
to the news report that the speaker reads,
understanding, my love, what a great joy it is,
to understand what is gone and what is on
the way.
Nazim Hikmet
30. He is considered a populist philosopher and wise man, remembered for
his funny stories and anecdotes.He appears in thousands of stories,
sometimes witty, sometimes wise, but often, too, a fool or the butt of a joke.
A Nasreddin story usually has a subtle humour and a pedagogic nature.
31. Where is the cat?
A few times Hodja brought home
some meat but never got a chance
to eat it. His wife either ate it herself
or gave it to her friends, and
each time Hodja asked for
some meat she said:"The cat stole it.
I ran after it but I couldn't catch it."
32. One day when his wife again told him that the cat had eaten
the 2 kilos of meat he had brought, Hodja grabbed the cat
and weighed it. It weighed 2 kilos. Hodja then turned to his
wife and said,
"If this is the cat ,then where is the meat?
But if this is the meat, then where is the cat?"
33.
34. A folk song and singer:
Neşet Ertaş (1938-2012) was a famous
folk singer. He composed and sang many folk
songs. One of the most well-known ones is
‘Bahçe Duvarından Aştım.
( I jumped over the garden wall)