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Saklıköy’ün Kuşçusu
The Birdman of Saklıköy

Kadri Öztopçu

Illustrator: Tan Oral
Editor: Semih Gümüş
Prepared by: Müren Beykan

An epic novel telling how mankind destroy the real beauties of our lives…

Kadri Öztopçu, the master author of contemporary Turkish literature, uses a poetic language full of symbols to narrate the epic of environmental and social destruction caused by unplanned urbanization.

Overview

Life in Saklıköy (he Hidden Village), surrounded by greenery and blue waters is woven with love and games. Çamtepe with its forests and waters full of trout, Keltepe with its ruins seem like they’ll be there forever. The main interest of the villagers is the Birdman who settled there years ago and the colorful bird that never leaves his shoulder. But neither the Birdman nor the bird is at ease! Urban clamor, dust and smoke start creeping over Saklıköy…

AUTHOR

Kadri Öztopçu

Kadri Öztopçu was born in Samsun in 1954. He began his literary career writing poetry. His early poems were published between 1973 and 1980 in magazines such as Yeni Adımlar, Güney and Türkiye Yazıları. He worked as a copywriter and served as a lecturer at İstanbul Bilgi University. His recent poems appeared in Şiiratı and Adam Sanat, while his short stories were published in Adam Öykü and NotosÖykü (later Notos). His collected stories, published under the title Yanlış Hikâyeler (2006), […]
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