Tra gli ospiti, lo scrittore Zülfü Livaneli e i poeti Şükrü Erbaş, Ahmet Telli, Zerrin Taşpınar, Ahmet Telli, Mahmut Temizyürek e Salih Bolat.
Gli eventi sono tutti in streaming sulle reti sociali ufficiali della municipalità di Bodrum, oltre al canale https://www.youtube.com/user/BodrumBelediyesi
Buona visione!
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Last month I had the chance to visit the Poetry Library of Nilüfer (in Turkish, Nilüfer Şiir Kütüphanesi), hosted in the beautiful premises of the Nazım Hikmet Kültür Evi in Nilüfer, in the outskirts of Bursa (Metro station: Yüzüncü Yıl).
The library is run by a smiling young staff of 5 people who ensure wide opening hours, from 9am to 9pm, activities with children in a soundproof section,
poetry and literary events (recently Orhan Pamuk, Ahmet Telli, and next comes Enis Batur), and a wide range of research activities. Every month, for example, a poet is dedicated a small display including biographical data and chosen poems. When I was there it was the turn of Ataol Behramoğlu, celebrating this year his fifty years of activity: 
The Library also hosts numerous periodicals, while a section is devoted to rare books (most of them signed by the authors, or first editions), as well as the library of Memet Fuat, the most prominent Turkish critic:
Finally, personal objects and manuscripts belonging to Turkish poets are donated to the library and kept in an ever-growing archival section. Among the object that were on display during my visit, the first book, the printing receipt and the pipe of küçük İskender!
My congratulations to this young and dynamic institution! Hep şiirle!
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The Centre for Turkish Literature at Bilkent University is currently hosting a symposium on Nâzım Hikmet titled “The Role of Nâzım Hikmet, Poet of the Motherland, the World and the Human, in the Turkish and World Literatures” (“Vatan, Dünya ve İnsanlık Şairi Nâzım Hikmet’in Türk ve Dünya Edebiyatındaki Yeri”). Among the participants, Nedim Gürsel, Murat Belge, Dr. Aron Aji, Prof. Dr. Semih Tezcan, Hilmi Yavuz, Prof. Talât Halman, and Mahmut Temizyürek.
http://www.zaman.com.tr/kultur_nazimin-rusca-siiri-ilk-kez-sempozyumda-okunacak_2155515.html
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New issue of “Varlık Dergisi”: Nazim Hikmet and Trieste!
The June issue of the literary journal Varlık Dergisi is dedicated to Nazım Hikmet in the 50th anniversary of his death. I am also very happy to announce that my friend poet Tozan Alkan has published in the journal an account of his stay in Trieste, while we were guests of the “Castello di Duino” poetry prize… enjoy the reading!!!
This year’s Nazım Hikmet Research Prize has just been assigned to the essay titled “Nazım Hikmet ve Memleket” (“Nazım Hikmet and the Place”) by Göksel Aymaz, published by Yasakmeyve Yayınları. Aymaz’s work deals with the partially lost poem “Memleketimden İnsan Manzaraları” (“Human Landscapes From My Country”), analysing the work through a multidisciplinary approach and linking it to Hikmet’s aethics and aesthetics. enjoy the reading!
Defter - Poesia Turca Contemporanea 