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B O O K S F R O M T U R K E Y
A H M E T H A Ş İ M
Ahmet Haşim (1887-1933) was one of the most influential poets, along with Yahya
Kemal Beyatlı, of 20th century Turkish literature. He attempted to create a pure
form of poetry during the decline of the Ottoman Empire. The men of letters of the
time were engaged in didactic literature and Ahmet Haşim’s efforts were somehow
seen as futile. But both he and Yahya Kemal channelled all their efforts into these
pure poems. His small books of poetry Göl Saatleri (The Hours of the Lake), and
Piyale (The Goblet) were subjected to much criticism when they were first published
and were mocked in satirical magazines. His response to these attacks attempted
to explain his conception of poetry. Ahmet Haşim was also famous for his prose. His
essays are still read and loved by many.
WORKS: Bütün Şiirleri: Piyale-Göl Saatleri-Diğer Şiirleri (Collected Poems: The
Goblet, The Hours of the Lake and Other Poems), Bütün Eserleri I: Bize Göre -
İkdam’daki Diğer Yazıları (Collected Works I: According to Us and Other Essays
Published in İkdam), Bütün Eserleri II: Gurabahâne-i Laklakan, Diğer Yazılar
(Collected Works II: A Hospital of Storks and Other Essays), Bütün Eserleri III
Frankfurt Seyahatnamesi - Mektuplar - Mülakâtlar (Collected Works III: The
Frankfurt Journey, Letters, Interviews)
FRANKFURT SEYEHATNAMESİ
THE FRANFURT JOURNEY
Literaturca Verlag, Germany, 2008
Translated by Beatrix Caner, 200 pages, Memoir
ISBN: 9789750808754
bilgi@dergahyayinlari.com
This small book is comprised of 20 short essays
which contain the view of a Turkish intellectual,
who went to Germany to receive medical care, of
Germany in the 1930s, as seen through the eyes
of Frankfurt. Haşim leaves by train from Sirkeci
Station, gloomily watching Üsküdar, and arrives in
Frankfurt, after crossing the Balkans and the plains
of Central Europe. He describes this old German
town before the Second World War from many
different perspectives.