Yağmur Atsız

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Yağmur Atsız (born November 4, 1939 in Istanbul ) is a Turkish journalist , columnist , essayist and poet who wrote his first volume of poetry in German and French.

Life

Atsiz, who studied at Bonn University and later worked in Germany for a long time , is a son of the Turkish poet Nihal Atsız . Fields of work in German media were radio (e.g. as editor of Funkhaus Europa ), newspaper journalism, and television interviews and documentaries. Atsız was also the press councilor of the Bonn embassy .

In 1980, after the military coup in Turkey, Atsız was persecuted for his liberal views and was forced to leave the country as a result of an article in Der Spiegel magazine . Atsız stayed in exile in Germany and France until the political situation changed.

In 1985 he wrote a book of poetry in German with Eine Frau um40 , for which Utku Varlık made seven drawings. As early as 1976 Atsız was the editor of a collection of new Turkish and German literature on Turkey from Germany ( Yeni Türk edebiyatindan seçmeler ). In 1997 he published his last work in Germany with Cervantes - İnebahtı'nın Tek Kollusu .

The journalist's poetic works have also appeared in Turkey: Günlerimiz (German: Our Days ; 1993) and Unutkan Şehir (German: Forgetful City ; 1997).

At his current main residence in Istanbul, Atsız has in recent years mainly written newspaper articles, columns and reviews for numerous print media, including Cumhuriyet , Nokta , Yeni Yüzyıl , Milliyet , Tercüman and Star . He is currently writing for the liberal-conservative daily Karar .

In 2002 Atsız won the Turkish Writers' Association Prize for his work Meçhûl Bir Gazeteciye Mektublar (English: letters to an unknown journalist ).

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