Dog Cries, Caravan Walks

"Our senses are suspended somewhere between fascination and logic, we are attracted to freedom and then we begin to fly like drunken dragonflies running for the sun. We could easily identify ourselves with the Yukks, but it is impossible to forget that we are temporary here..."

Irfan Orga (1908-1970), author of The Story of a Turkish Family, this time tells colorful scenes from Turkey in the fifties. The author, who lives in Europe, now visits his country as a Western intellectual and shares the life of the nomadic community, the Walkers, in which he has great interest, for 3 weeks.

Orga, who describes their customs and traditions, lifestyles, and ancient teachings such as haymaking with extraordinary vividness, accompanied by interesting anecdotes, also makes striking observations about the young Republic, from big cities and rural areas.

Just like Carlo Levi's masterpiece, Jesus Didn't Come to This Village, the deep-rooted impact of The Caravan Moves is the sincere reflection of a Western intellectual, who comes face to face with nature and a community that has lived unchanged for centuries, about existence, beauty and the passing of time. lies in the fact that he conveys it in a poetic language.

"Irfan Orga is a writer who has a strong imagination, can perceive beauty and has philosophical tendencies. But above all, he is a writer who searches for the truth."
(From the Promotional Bulletin)



Number of Pages: 200

Year of Printing: 2014


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Everest Publications

Cover Design: Füsun Turcan Elmasoglu

First Printing Year: 2014

Number of Pages: 200

Language Turkish