Mayoz Bölünme Hikayeleri

"For years, we have always made inventory of what we have lost. Pain has become a stream that starts from us and flows to us. Our hearts and brains have turned into a 'repository of terrible memories'. However, we need to look at life with a smile. Even if it is ourselves that we laugh at. In other words, 'If this is the world, we are the kings.' Sometimes we have to come out of the fire and laugh at the burn on our legs..."

In this book, Evrim Alataş makes humor of the atrocities experienced by Kurds in the "state of emergency" environment of the 1990s. In fact, it tells about the tragicomic that goes on in life. It testifies both to the narrow-mindedness of the oppressor and to the ability of the oppressed to find 'funny' even in the worst situations. In addition to these, the humor of the stories that occur 'amongst' leftists...

From salt shakers, which were considered a crime in a restaurant because the figure on them was likened to Apo, to wedding circulars, from yellow-red-green bans to the belly dancer who was arrested because the word "Kurdistan" was written on the request napkin sent to her...

Whether the 90s are behind us, whether they have been overcome, or whether they are lying in wait or even making a comeback is still being debated. Evrim Alataş does more than remind us of the climate of the 90s through the lens of black humor. With his rebellious cheerfulness, he tells us about state and human landscapes that can be read in every era.



Number of Pages: 128

Year of Printing: 2013


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Iletisim Publishing

Number of Pages: 128

First Printing Year: 2013

Language Turkish