Arter Library Talks; Starts with Latife Tekin

In the first of the “Library Talks” series, Arter will host Latife Tekin, the writer who has continued to renew Turkey’s literary scene for 40 years, from her first novel Dear Arsız Ölüm (Dear Arsız Death) published in 1983 to Timeless (Timeless) published in 2022. Tekin, who puts her relationship with nature at the center of her understanding of art, will discuss the role of art from the perspective of literature. Devamını Oku…

Let It Go: Sevgili Arsız Ölüm Dirmit (2018)

Dirmit is the theatre adaptation of Latife Tekin’s novel Dear Arsız Ölüm.

Before talking about the play Dirmit, I would like to talk about Nezaket Erden. Nezaket was born in Mersin on 16 July 1990. She spends her childhood in the village in a family that is so protective that it cannot be called conservative. She went to the mosque every summer, just like every child in the 90s did in the summer. Nezaket, who is at the mosque during the day, has to be at home in the evenings. After the evening prayer, girls cannot play on the street. The enthusiasm and the lack of enthusiasm she has to live with makes her a withdrawn child. She plays a lot at weddings with her family and dancing suddenly becomes her passion. While he sees dance as a means of expressing his feelings and derives great pleasure from it, she loses his enthusiasm during his secondary school years. This situation leads her to volleyball. Devamını Oku…