Famous
Turkish author remembered in London
RENOWNED Turkish author Orhan Kemal was remembered at an
event hosted by the Association of Turkish Women in Britain
(Britanya Turk Kadinlari Dernegi) last
Thursday.
Kemal’s son Isik Ogutcu was invited to attend the event and
he paid tribute to his father on the 38th anniversary of
his death.
He read out some passages from some of Orhan Kemal’s most
famous works, as well as speaking on what his father meant to
him.
“My father was always in front of a typewriter, writing
something,” he said. “He died when I was 13 but I only discovered
his books after he died and when I got involved in the opening of a
museum dedicated to him in 2000. I was able to understand how he saw
the world and how he treasured it. All his works were about how he
saw the world through his eyes and
experiences.”
He said that Orhan kemal had also met with ‘Romantic
Communist’ Nazim Hikmet when he was imprisoned in Bursa Jail and was
so influenced by him that he even named his first child after the
famous writer.
Mr Ogutcu also spoke about the work involved in organising
and opening the museum dedicated to his
father.
Among
the audience listening to Mr Ogutcu was Bernev Alpdogan, wife of the
Turkish Ambassador and Sunay Dizdar from the Turkish
Consulate.