{"id":3054,"date":"2018-05-12T06:01:48","date_gmt":"2018-05-12T06:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iwabogdani.org\/?p=897"},"modified":"2023-12-21T13:15:13","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T13:15:13","slug":"efe-duyan-turkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iwabogdani.org\/sq\/efe-duyan-turkey\/","title":{"rendered":"Efe Duyan, Turkey"},"content":{"rendered":"

Efe Duyan, Turkey Member of Iwabogdani\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Poet, architect (b. 1981, \u0130stanbul, Turkey). <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

H<\/span><\/span>e has been invited to several workshops, <\/span><\/span>poetry <\/span><\/span>readings and international organizations including <\/span><\/span><\/a><\/a>Kopenhagen <\/span><\/span>Turkish Poetry Evening<\/span><\/span>s<\/span><\/span>, <\/span><\/span>Word-Express Project<\/span><\/span> (series of poetr<\/span><\/span>y readings in several Balkan Countries<\/span><\/span>),<\/span><\/span> Edinburgh Book Festival, London Book Fair, Berlin Poetry Festival, Lodeve Poetry Festival, Riga Poetry Days, Malta \u0130nizjamed Poetry Festival, Transyl<\/span><\/span>vania Poetry Poetry Festival, <\/span><\/span>Palabra En El Mundo in Venice, <\/span><\/span>Sof<\/span><\/span>ia Poetics Festival, <\/span><\/span>Chisinau<\/span><\/span> Poetry <\/span><\/span>Festival<\/span><\/span>, <\/span><\/span>Enemies <\/span><\/span>Project<\/span><\/span> &<\/span><\/span> European Poetry Night in Britain, <\/span><\/span>Shaar Poetry Festival<\/span><\/span> in Israel, <\/span><\/span>Sidi Bou Said Poetry Festival<\/span><\/span>in Tunisia<\/span><\/span>, Venice Dropping Seeds P<\/span><\/span>roject, <\/span><\/span>European <\/span><\/span>Poetry Biennale in Brasov<\/span><\/span>, <\/span><\/span>Swiss PEN’s Day of Writer<\/span><\/span>s<\/span><\/span> in Prison Meeting in Geneva<\/span><\/span>, <\/span><\/span>and <\/span><\/span>Goran’s Spring Festival in Croatia<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Some of his poems have been translated into Bosnian, Czech, Chinese, Croatian, Danish, English, Estonian, French, Greek, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, <\/span><\/span>Japanese, <\/span><\/span>Kurdish, <\/span><\/span>Latvian, Lithuanian,<\/span><\/span> Rumanian, Macedonian, Maltese, Occitan, Slovenian, Ukrainian and Welsh.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

His translation works in poetry includes poetry collections of Radu Vancu (Romania), Matthias G\u00f6ritz (Germany) and Llyod Schwartz (USA).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

He worked in the editorial committes of literature magazines<\/span><\/span>Nikbinlik (2000-2005) and Sanat Cephesi <\/span><\/span>(2006-2010)<\/span><\/span>. He co-organized poetry translation workshops with <\/span><\/span>British, French, <\/span><\/span>Italian, Israeli, Bulgarian, <\/span><\/span>German, <\/span><\/span>Swedish<\/span><\/span>, Dutch, Japanes<\/span><\/span>poets and <\/span><\/span>the <\/span><\/span>Offline Istanbul Poetry Festival. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

His critical essay \u201cThe Construction of Characters in N\u00e2z\u0131m Hikmet\u2019s Poetry\u201d has been published in 2008.<\/span><\/span> He edited a comtemporary poetry anthology \u201cBir Benden Bir O\u2019ndan\u201d (2010) and is a member of the editorial board of the acclaimed literature magazine Offline Istanbul. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

His poetry collections are \u00a0\u201cS\u0131k\u00e7a Sorulan Sorular\u201d (Frequently Asked Questions, 2016), \u201cTek \u015eiirlik A\u015fklar\u201d (One Poem Stands, 2012) and \u201cTakas\u201d (Swap, 2006). <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

He is currently teaching history of architecture at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE REVOLUTIONS<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

revolutions too<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

like grand plans<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

can\u2019t be plotted in great detail<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

like punctual trains<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

offer peace<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

and never look back once set off<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

like suicide<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

on every occasion<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

forge a connection between us that I can\u2019t name<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

like close friends<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

are also useful in covering our own defects<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

like babies screaming in joy<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

never tire<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

like me<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

they – in truth – don\u2019t like crowds<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

like all of us<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

it is a lie that they wish the best for everyone<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

like all gods<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

they are sure they are capable of creating the world in a few days<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

like the relationships<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

you suddenly find yourself a slave to<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

like women<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

you can only suppose you understand them<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

like a lover<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

they can only let you down<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

like a platonic love<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

they are beautiful after all<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n

translated by James V<\/span><\/span>ella<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\n


\n<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/a>MEHMET AND OSMAN <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

FROM CEVIZLI CIGARETTE FACTORY<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\n

mehmet grew another hectic mehmet<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

when he became a father<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

mehmet already owned another shy mehmet<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

when he got married<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

he also contracted a sceptical mehmet<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

urged by necessity<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

all the mehmets were in fine fettle<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

next to him stood osman who had many osmans <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

that mehmet didn\u2019t know<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

was there a self-sacrificing mehmet?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 mehmet wasn\u2019t sure \u2013 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

but when a gun was pointed at his group of friends<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

he didn\u2019t hesitate<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\n

secret osman of osman with his police ID in his pocket<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

held the hand of a tobacco worker for the first time<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 <\/span><\/span>the dead mehmet of mehmet <\/span><\/span>\u2013<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

with sorrow for his widow\u2019<\/span><\/span>s loss of her mehmet<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

stubborn mehmet walked up to taksim square<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

he tore up his last regrets <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

when osman submitted his letter of resignation<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

it was beautiful to be obstinate in the face of death<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

even after having died<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\n

\n

translated by Richard Gywn<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span><\/span><\/a>THE STRUCTURE OF THE EYE<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\n

my eyes <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

bestow names<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

on the stains on your skin<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

like ancient astronomers<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

attent to all they might resemble<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\n

and bow down in respect<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

before every change of colour<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

in your limbs<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\n

with their lashes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

they suck the sweat off your back<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

and try to stuff it into a bottle<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

to add it to the whites of their own<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\n

then dive down<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

into yours<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

and swim through<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

the beams of light<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

seeping in<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

to your cornea <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\n

and record what you have seen<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

to reflect it all<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

on a screen up on the wall<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\n

and go<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

to kiss you<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

there on your<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

blind spot<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\n

translated Neil P. Doherty<\/span><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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