Günümüz Türkçesiyle Amak-ı Hayal-Hayalin Derinlikleri

A'mâk-ı Hayal, which is considered the first philosophical and surreal novel of Turkish literature, reflects the philosophical and mystical views of Filibeli Ahmet Hilmi. Contains. Raci, the hero of the novel, goes on spiritual journeys with the help of Aynalı Baba, whom he encounters in the cemetery, in order to silence the dragon of doubt within him and reach the absolute truth. In order to reach his goal in these travels, Raci goes to the Summit of Nothingness with Buddha, Mount Olympus where the Greek gods are located, the battlefield of Hormuz and Ahriman, the planet Merih on the back of Simurgh, Mount Qaf and many other places. While Raci wanders in many worlds, dimensions and places in pursuit of the truth, we, the readers, are left to watch this surreal novel by Ahmet Hilmi based on Eastern and Western philosophy, Sufism, mythology and the history of religions - with astonishment, curiosity and pleasure...

Filibeli Ahmet Hilmi (Şehbenderzade, 1865-1914) was born in Plovdiv (Bulgaria), as the eldest child of Filibeli Ahmet Hilmi, Hacı Süleyman Bey and Şevkiye Hanım. When his family settled in Istanbul with the great migration in 1878 after the Ottoman defeat in the War of 1993, he continued his education life here, which he started in Plovdiv. After graduating from Galatasaray Mekteb-i Sultanisi, he first started working at the Ministry of Post and Telegraph. Then he worked at the Ministry of Public Affairs. Then he was sent to Beirut. He communicated with the Young Turks in Beirut and fled to Egypt from there. He published a humor magazine called Çaylak in Egypt. After a while, he returned to Istanbul and was exiled to Fezzan (Libya) in 1901. II. After the declaration of the Constitutional Monarchy, he came to Istanbul and taught philosophy at Darulfünun. He wrote political and philosophical articles in newspapers and magazines such as İkdam, Şehbal, Yeni Tasvir-i Efkâr, Sırat-ı Müstakim. He also published newspapers called İttihad-ı İslam, Hikmet, Coşkun Kalender, Millet ile Uzman, Münakaşa, Kanat and Nimet. His newspapers were frequently closed and he was exiled due to his criticism of the Party of Union and Progress, the Party of Freedom and Entente, Zionism and Freemasonry. II. Ahmet Hilmi, one of the important intellectuals of the Constitutional Monarchy period, wrote articles and works in fields such as politics, philosophy, mysticism and history, as well as theatre, novels and poetry. We will continue to include the author's selected works in our Turkish Literature Classics Series.

(From the Promotional Bulletin)

Dough Type:2. Dough

Size: 12.5 x 20.5

First Printing Year: 2019

Print Number:1. Printing