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B O O K S F R O M T U R K E Y
A H M E T Y O R U L M A Z
Ahmet Yorulmaz was born in 1932, in Ayvalık, where he grew up. He started his
literary life by translating Modern Greek literature. First, he translated short stories
and poems, then children’s books and later on, novels. His translations have been
published in Varlık. His, Savaşın Çocukları - Girit’ten Sonra Ayvalık (Children of War
- After Crete, Ayvalık), which is about the compulsory population exchange between
Greece and Turkey and more precisely, about the tragedy of the Turkish people
on Crete, was recognized as the first and only novel written by a Turk about the
“Exchange”, at a conference held at Oxford University, in the United Kingdom.
WORKS: Ayvalık’ı Gezerken (Strolling Through Ayvalık), Ayvalık’ta İz Bırakanlar
(Those Who Left Their Traces in Ayvalık), Ayvalık’tan Cunda’dan (From Ayvalık and
Cunda), Girit’ten Cunda’ya (From Crete to Cunda), Kuşaklar ya da Ayvalık Yaşantısı
(Generations or Life in Ayvalık), Portreler (Portraits), Savaşın Çocukları - Girit’ten
Sonra Ayvalık (Children of War - After Crete, Ayvalık).
SAVAŞIN ÇOCUKLARI - GİRİT’TEN SONRA AYVALIK
CHILDREN OF WAR - AFTER CRETE, AYVALIK
Omega Publishing, Greece, 2005
148 pages, Novel
Translated by Stylianos Roidis
ISBN:9751408474
omer@remzi.com
This is the first book of a trilogy. The book, which
is based on the compulsory population exchange
between Greece and Turkey, has achieved great
success in international literary circles. Children
of War, by tracing the story of Aynakis Hasan,
expresses the painful realities, sufferings and
longings experienced during the Exchange years.
The trilogy was subsequently completed by
Kuşaklar (Generations) and Girit’ten Cunda’ya
(From Crete to Cunda).