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"Bayram Zilan is one of the rare writers whose every article I read and whose new one I eagerly await. As I read him, I regret it in two ways. First, it is about the period before September 12. I feel sorry for our lost years as a whole generation. Instead of wallowing in the lap of violence, we should educate ourselves better and become democrats at an earlier age, like Bayram Zilan." I think we could have reached a maturity of thought. Secondly, it is about remembering the violent environment that was based on the anger and pain caused by the destruction of ethnic identity after September 12, why is the tyrannical tutelage system choosing to turn our people against each other once again, instead of producing ideas about how we can live together? I feel sad because we couldn't defeat it first, but reading Bayram Zilan also makes me so happy that my sadness, grief and regrets disappear. "So, all our suffering was not in vain...

-Prof. Dr. Erol Göka-

"It was unimaginable to achieve social peace by breaking the practice of a state that tried to secularize Sunnis, Sunnize Alevis, westernize Turks, Turkify Kurds and send non-Muslims away. We have finally crossed the critical threshold! As a result of the "incarnation" of the people in the political arena since 2002, the tutelage of the elites has been defeated. Now "We believe in this peace, but we should not forget this: New Turkey means a new definition of nation and a new state. Those who want to understand this "transition process" closely and see the future should read Bayram Zilan's writings carefully."

-Haşmet Babaoğlu-
(From the Promotional Bulletin)



Number of Pages: 264

Year of Printing: 2014


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Çıra Publications

First Print Year: 2014

Language: Turkish