Anneme Beyaz Elbiseler Giydireceğim - Türkiye İş Kurumu

I Am Going To Dress Up My Mum With White Dresses
-- FFaammiillyy rreellaattiioonnss ttiieedd oonn aa tthhrreeaadd
“… From my family, my uncle my granddad, we didn’t receive any support from anyone. I mean,
up to now nobody supported us. Only our mother from our family supported us, she was the only one
there…”
“…I really wanted to go to university, but I didn’t have the resources. I mean, there was nobody to
help me, back me…actually I don’t have anyone…In overseas, in Germany, I have lots of relatives,
uncles and aunts… but nobody helps us. For instance every summer they came here, have their holiday
and then they just leave. They stay with us, and then they leave. They never ask that these children are
in an orphanage, what do they need, how does this poor woman look after seven kids?”
“… My dad was a chauffeur, he knew lots of people. Our situation was good. And then he started
feeling bad, his foot started hurting, he couldn’t get out of bed…he went to the hospital and stayed there
for two months. The doctor said “take him away”. My uncle’s son was a doctor, and he helped us. But
how helpful can relatives be? For instance, my uncle is doing well. His son is a doctor, other son a
teacher and the other is a civil servant, but I have never even seen his house or his family. For instance,
I have another uncle and he is map engineer. But what help is he to us? I thing people are living for their
own benefit. We lost contact after my dad died. We didn’t go them as well…”
“…due to financial difficulties, they couldn’t look after me… my family, my grandma didn’t help
my mum in any way. Doesn’t share her wealth with us… here were quarrels everyday. I heard fights
everyday since second grade. My fathers mum and my mother never got on. My mum didn’t get on with
my aunts as well. They somehow always excluded her. According to my mum they were wrong and vice
versa…because my dad was the eldest son, everyone gave importance to him and therefore to as us. I
think they were really jealous…jealousy leads to numerous ugly things. I remember very clearly they
said the following to my mother: “our ox has died, the partnership is finished, get out” There are seven
kids…and then my mother gives… two of her kids to an orphanage…one year later, five of my
brothers… she asks us whether we want to go…we are in the village… we have only one house…(she
points out a place) there is space as large as this, five children are staying in this place. The toilet and
bath is outside…”
- YYoouu wweerree bboorrnn ppoooorr,, aarree yyoouu ggooiinngg ttoo ddiiee ppoooorr??
“…I had passed the exam of the military school. That gave me a lot of hope. Because I came in the
first place. The major said that “we will definitely take you”…but it didn’t happen, it didn’t happen
because of money...it happened the following way, I won the exam but lacked some of the written
documentation, and I needed money for that, how can I say this identification material… I went to the
local council (neighbourhood executive officer), they asked for 10 YTL and plus 2 YTL. I didn’t even
had 0,50 YTL. I explained the situation said that I was coming from an orphanage, they didn’t even think
about it. Just said that they were doing their job. On the other hand the current officer didn’t take any
money, and just prepared the papers. Didn’t even ask ‘If I was staying in an orphanage, or what my story
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