Contents – No: 4
NOVEL
Ersan Üldes – A Distinctive Kind of Literature from Barış Bıçakçı 8
Emma Foulger – Stay Behind, Stay Crazy 14
Deniz Vural – A Dream within a Dream 17
Senem Tüfekcioğlu – A Mafia of Brotherhood 19
MASTERS OF TURKISH LITERATURE
George Messo – Mapping the ‘İkinci Yeni’ 22
ALPHABET
Arzu Taşçıoğlu – A Brief Note on Alphabet Reform in Turkey 36
Ömer Tecimer – God’s Word Embodied 38
Bikem Ekberzade – In the Realm of Letters 40
Ömer Tecimer – I Forgot the Words But I Remember the Substance 47
Arzu Taşçıoğlu - In the Corridors of Language and Literature with Tahsin Yücel 50
POETRY
Yusuf Eradam – The Lale Müldür: Unleashed Poetry of a Released Woman 60
ESSAYS AND CRİTİCS
Arzu Taşçioğlu – Reviewing Turkish Literature over the Decades 68
Arzu Taşçioğlu – Artists under the Light Of Poetry 72
YOUNG AUTHORS
Altay Öktem – Four Different Views, Four Spectacular Books 74
CHILDREN’S BOOKS
G. Sesil Sar – You Have Got Mail! 80
G. Sesil Sar – Review: Once Upon a Time, Two Children in Hattusha… By Gürol Sözen 84
MUSIC
Cudi Genç – Turkish Music in Theory and Practice 86
ART
Selva Suman – Modern and Postmodern in Turkey 92
THEATRE
Burç İdem Dinçel – In Search Of Humanity through Mythology 100
CINEMA
Murat Akser – Towards a History of Turkish Cinema? 104
POLITICS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Deniz Sert – Remembering the Past, Understanding the Present 110
Deniz Sert – A Life Searching the Truth: Uğur Mumcu 114
HISTORY
Duygu Tekgül – Ottoman Jews Visualised 118
Bikem Ekberzade – Review: Change in the Ottoman Empire by Kemal h. Karpat 122
NATURE
Senem Tüfekcioğlu – Review: Wild Beauty by Erdoğan Tekin 124
COOK BOOKS
Emre Kutlar – Review: Flavours Cooking With Positive Energy! By Işık Polater 126
Making Bread At Home: Is It That Hard? By Yeşim Çınar
A Culinary Voyage amongst Turkish Jews by Viki Koronyo and Sima Ovadya
FOREIGN LOOK
Robert P. Finn – A Look At Some Turkish Women Novelists 131
John Smolens – Two Books by Jason Goodwin 137
Arzu Taşçıoğlu – Translations from Turkish Literature and Literary Awards 140
