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1.       aenigma x
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 06 Oct 2006 Fri 10:59 pm

I would like to read a Turkish novel and wondered where to start? What are the "classics" of Turkish literature?

2.       Aslan
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 06 Oct 2006 Fri 11:30 pm

...ehm, I have no idea of what is seen as classic litterature , but I can recommend you to read books by Yaşar Kemal and Orhan Pamuk. Check this link.

3.       aenigma x
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 06 Oct 2006 Fri 11:31 pm

Quoting Aslan:

...ehm, I have no idea of what is seen as classic litterature , but I can recommend you to read books by Yaşar Kemal and Orhan Pamuk. Check this link.



Thanks TT! I should have just MSN'd you and asked eh? hehe! I have read Orhan Pamuk but not Yasar Kemal. I was hoping to read something that is considered a "classic" - a MUST-READ of all Turkish literature. Any idea?

4.       Aslan
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 06 Oct 2006 Fri 11:40 pm

...as I understand it Yaşar Kemal is a must...at least in Sweden his books are the first you would get from a librarian if you asked for turkish literature...and after his books you would probably get the most famous author at the present...which would be Orhan Pamuk. But then again...this is just my narrowminded swedish perspective.

5.       aenigma x
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 06 Oct 2006 Fri 11:42 pm

Quoting Aslan:

...as I understand it Yaşar Kemal is a must...at least in Sweden his books are the first you would get from a librarian if you asked for turkish literature...and after his books you would probably get the most famous author at the present...which would be Orhan Pamuk. But then again...this is just my narrowminded swedish perspective.



Thanks TT ! Will check them out

6.       ramayan
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 07 Oct 2006 Sat 09:09 am

hey dear if u can find yasar kemal...his book INCE MEHMET my favourite and translated into more than 20 languages...im sure u can find it..it tell how turkish ppl feel ,how they behaves and what we have lives in the first years of republic..the conflict of the time between ottomans and republic...the most beautiful side of the book is that,it takes places in cukurova(adana,mersin,tarsus,ceyhan,seyhan,osmaniye)...great book....orhan pamuk? i never read him and i dont think i ll...bcos i tried few times and i have never seen such kind of wasted words in a sentence..he is just the media's hero...i read 1/4 of the book and it consist nothing...actually i also dont like him bcos he is a politic writer..a writer should be literal more than politic..he should enlighten us instead of pushing us into darkness....anyway..eanough?

7.       aenigma x
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 07 Oct 2006 Sat 09:22 am

Hehehehe! Thank you!

8.       ramayan
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 11 Oct 2006 Wed 07:15 am

i think everybody should read these books...just do it

9.       ramayan
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 12 Oct 2006 Thu 10:22 am

Araba Sevdası by recaizade mahmud ekrem

sir Bihruz starts to live a luxurious and wasteful life after his fathers death..with his beautiful carriage he has short trips and meets with a very beautiful woman and he has some advetures that is hard to believe in this era with that woman...it makes great sense about how the western culture erouse the turkish culture..and how it changes slowly...an unelivable ,beautiful book that can u finish in one breath

10.       aenigma x
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 12 Oct 2006 Thu 10:30 am

Slow down!!! I haven't read the other books I ordered yet! Offf so many books...so little time

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