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Korkudan Korkmak
KORKUDAN KORKMAKKendilerini avutmaya, bizleri de aldatmaya calistiklari gozler onundeki olaylarin en gunceli turban olayidir. Yirmi birinci yuzyila onuc yil kala, kendisini Avrupa ailesinden sayan Turkiye'nin devlet adamlari aylardan beri turban olayiyla Universite ogrencisi kizlar, Islam kosuluna uygun olarak saclarini gostermemek icin turban takabilirler mi, takamazlar mi?Bugun kizlarin baslarindan basortulerini cikarmalarini laiklik ve Ataturkculuk sananlar sunu bilmelidirler ki, o zavalli kizlarimiza basortulerini ortturup onlari ortacag kiligina sokanlar kendileridir.Ilkokuldan baslayarak okullara din dersi koyacaksiniz. Okula gidemeyenleri de kuran kurslarinda egiteceksiniz. Imam-Hatip okullarinin sayisi, meslek okullarinin sayisini asacak. Sonra da boyle bir egitimle yetistirdiginiz kizlar basortusu ortmeyecekler! O din derslerinde Âdem'in (yani erkegin) kaburga kemiginden yaratildigina inandirilan kizlarimizin basortusu ortmemeleri olanaksizdir.Hem kiz cocuklarini basortusu ortmeyi zorun sayacak bicimde egitip, hem de Ataturkculuk diye basortusu ortmelerini engellemeye calisanlarin, basortusunden cok daha asiri olcude irtica (gericilik) olaylari karsisinda nicin sustuklarini anlamaya calismaliyiz.Sayfa 158Baski 2009 Nesin Yayinevi
- GenresTurkish Literature
133 pages, Paperback
First published February 1, 1988
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Aziz Nesin
387 books1,002 followersAziz Nesin was a Turkish humorist and author of more than 100 books.
Nesin was born in 1915 on Heybeliada, one of the Princes' Islands of Istanbul, in the days of the Ottoman Empire. After serving as a career officer for several years, he became the editor of a series of satirical periodicals with a socialist slant. He was jailed several times and placed under surveillance by the National Security Service (MAH in Turkish) for his political views. Among the incriminating pieces of evidence they found against him during his military service was his theft and sale for 35 Lira of two goats intended for his company—a violation of clause 131/2 of the Military Penal Code. One 98-year-old former MAH officer named Neşet Güriş alleged that Nesin was in fact a MAH member, but this has been disputed
Nesin provided a strong indictment of the oppression and brutalization of the common man. He satirized bureaucracy and exposed economic inequities in stories that effectively combine local color and universal truths. Aziz Nesin has been presented with numerous awards in Turkey, Italy, Bulgaria and the former Soviet Union. His works have been translated into over thirty languages. During latter parts of his life he was said to be the only Turkish author who made a living only out of his earnings from his books.
On 6 June 1956, he married a coworker from the Akbaba magazine, Meral Çelen.
In 1972, he founded the Nesin Foundation. The purpose of the Nesin Foundation is to take, each year, four poor and destitute children into the Foundation's home and provide every necessity - shelter, education and training, starting from elementary school - until they complete high school, a trade school, or until they acquire a vocation. Aziz Nesin has donated, gratis, to the Nesin Foundation his copyrights in their entirety for all his works in Turkey or other countries, including all of his published books, all plays to be staged, all copyrights for films, and all his works performed or used in radio or television.
Aziz Nesin was a political activist. After the 1980 military coup led by Kenan Evren, the intelligentsia was oppressed. Aziz Nesin led a number of intellectuals to take a stand against the military government, by issuing the Petition of Intellectuals (Turkish: Aydınlar Dilekçesi).
He championed free speech, especially the right to criticize Islam without compromise. In early 1990s he started a translation of Salman Rushdie's controversial novel, The Satanic Verses. This made him a target for radical Islamist organizations, who were gaining popularity throughout Turkey. On July 2, 1993 while attending a mostly Alevi cultural festival in the central Anatolian city of Sivas a mob organized by radical Islamists gathered around the Madimak Hotel, where the festival attendants were accommodated, calling for Sharia and death to infidels. After hours of siege, the mob set the hotel on fire. After flames engulfed several lower floors of the hotel, firetrucks managed to get close, and Aziz Nesin and many guests of the hotel escaped. However, 37 people were killed. This event, also known as the Sivas massacre, was seen as a major assault on free speech and human rights in Turkey, and it deepened the rift between religious- and secular-minded people.
He devoted his last years to fighting ignorance and religious fundamentalism.
Aziz Nesin died on July 6 1995 due to a heart attack, after a book signing event in Çeşme, İzmir. After his death, his body was buried in an unknown location in the land of Nesin Foundation without any ceremony, as suggested by his will.
Nesin was born in 1915 on Heybeliada, one of the Princes' Islands of Istanbul, in the days of the Ottoman Empire. After serving as a career officer for several years, he became the editor of a series of satirical periodicals with a socialist slant. He was jailed several times and placed under surveillance by the National Security Service (MAH in Turkish) for his political views. Among the incriminating pieces of evidence they found against him during his military service was his theft and sale for 35 Lira of two goats intended for his company—a violation of clause 131/2 of the Military Penal Code. One 98-year-old former MAH officer named Neşet Güriş alleged that Nesin was in fact a MAH member, but this has been disputed
Nesin provided a strong indictment of the oppression and brutalization of the common man. He satirized bureaucracy and exposed economic inequities in stories that effectively combine local color and universal truths. Aziz Nesin has been presented with numerous awards in Turkey, Italy, Bulgaria and the former Soviet Union. His works have been translated into over thirty languages. During latter parts of his life he was said to be the only Turkish author who made a living only out of his earnings from his books.
On 6 June 1956, he married a coworker from the Akbaba magazine, Meral Çelen.
In 1972, he founded the Nesin Foundation. The purpose of the Nesin Foundation is to take, each year, four poor and destitute children into the Foundation's home and provide every necessity - shelter, education and training, starting from elementary school - until they complete high school, a trade school, or until they acquire a vocation. Aziz Nesin has donated, gratis, to the Nesin Foundation his copyrights in their entirety for all his works in Turkey or other countries, including all of his published books, all plays to be staged, all copyrights for films, and all his works performed or used in radio or television.
Aziz Nesin was a political activist. After the 1980 military coup led by Kenan Evren, the intelligentsia was oppressed. Aziz Nesin led a number of intellectuals to take a stand against the military government, by issuing the Petition of Intellectuals (Turkish: Aydınlar Dilekçesi).
He championed free speech, especially the right to criticize Islam without compromise. In early 1990s he started a translation of Salman Rushdie's controversial novel, The Satanic Verses. This made him a target for radical Islamist organizations, who were gaining popularity throughout Turkey. On July 2, 1993 while attending a mostly Alevi cultural festival in the central Anatolian city of Sivas a mob organized by radical Islamists gathered around the Madimak Hotel, where the festival attendants were accommodated, calling for Sharia and death to infidels. After hours of siege, the mob set the hotel on fire. After flames engulfed several lower floors of the hotel, firetrucks managed to get close, and Aziz Nesin and many guests of the hotel escaped. However, 37 people were killed. This event, also known as the Sivas massacre, was seen as a major assault on free speech and human rights in Turkey, and it deepened the rift between religious- and secular-minded people.
He devoted his last years to fighting ignorance and religious fundamentalism.
Aziz Nesin died on July 6 1995 due to a heart attack, after a book signing event in Çeşme, İzmir. After his death, his body was buried in an unknown location in the land of Nesin Foundation without any ceremony, as suggested by his will.
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July 3, 2014
"Çağcıl yeni kapitalizmde insanlar, eskiden olduğu gibi artık baskıyla, zorla korkudan korkan duruma getirilmiyorlar. Topluma egemen güçlerin istemleri doğrultusunda insanda üstben oluşup biçimlenince, o insan artık korkmadığını sanan, korktuğunu bile ayrımsayamayan bir korkudan korku kurbanı oluyor. Bu insanlardan, disiplinli olduğu belli olmayan disiplinli bir toplum yaratılıyor. O disiplini belli olmayan disiplinli toplum insanları aynı biçimde üniforma giymiyorlar, değişik renk ve biçimlerde giyiniyorlar ve böyle olmalarını da özgürlük sanıyorlar ama, üniformalarını içselleştirdikleri için kafalarının içinde taşıyorlar, hepsi aynı biçimde düşünüyorlar. Birey, üstbeniyle kendi kendinin candarması oluyor."
September 9, 2018
Aziz Nesin'in kimi açılış,ödül konuşmalarında kimi de gazete,dergi yazılarında derledikleri bu kitabin içindekiler tekrar tekrar okunup akıllara kazınması gereken metinlerdir. Geçerliklerini halen sürdürmeleri Aziz Nesin'in ne kadar ileri görüşlü birisi oldugunu değil de Türkiye'nin ne kadar yavaş ilerleyen bir yer olduğunu gözler önune sermesi çok duşündürücu. Kitabın başlıgına da ismini veren Korkudan Korkmak yazısı herkesin okuyup kendinden bir şey bulacağı bir metin olmus. Umarim bu yaziyi ömrum boyunca unutmam da bi nebze de olsa korkudan korkmamaya caba gösterebilirim. Ayrıca Eğitim Konusunda Vasiyetimdir başlıklı on beş maddeden oluşan yazıları bir öğretmen olarak beni oldukça etkiledi. Bu on beş maddeyi benimsersem daha iyi bir insan,öğretmen olma yolunda hızla ilerleyebilirim kanısındayım. Umarım başarırım. Teşekkürler Aziz dede iyi ki varsın!
October 3, 2019
Korku insancıl bir duygudur, her insan korkar.
Türk insanında ve özellikle aydınlarımızda yüzyılların birikimiyle korkudan korku öylesine içselleşmiş, doğallaşmıştır ki, korkudan kokarken bile içtenlikle korkmadığımızı sanmaktayız.
İnsan bu...Kimi cinden, kimi periden, kimi açıktan, kimi Tanrıdan, kimi de zenginliğini kaybetmekten korkar. Dünyada korkmayan insan yoktur ya, hiç kimse de 'korkuyorum' demez. Ortadirek de çok korkar. Yada özellikle korkutulur. Korkutulur ki, düzene sıkı sıkıya sarılsın. Tehlikeli mehlikeli işlerle uğraşmasın.
Korku bir tek şeyle yenilir: Bilgi ve mücadele.
Sanki 30 yıl önce değil de yeni yazılmış. Bugünkü gibi gerçek, bugünkü gibi düşündürücü.
Türk insanında ve özellikle aydınlarımızda yüzyılların birikimiyle korkudan korku öylesine içselleşmiş, doğallaşmıştır ki, korkudan kokarken bile içtenlikle korkmadığımızı sanmaktayız.
İnsan bu...Kimi cinden, kimi periden, kimi açıktan, kimi Tanrıdan, kimi de zenginliğini kaybetmekten korkar. Dünyada korkmayan insan yoktur ya, hiç kimse de 'korkuyorum' demez. Ortadirek de çok korkar. Yada özellikle korkutulur. Korkutulur ki, düzene sıkı sıkıya sarılsın. Tehlikeli mehlikeli işlerle uğraşmasın.
Korku bir tek şeyle yenilir: Bilgi ve mücadele.
Sanki 30 yıl önce değil de yeni yazılmış. Bugünkü gibi gerçek, bugünkü gibi düşündürücü.
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