Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) Arts and Sciences Faculty, Department of Turkish Language and Literature visiting academic staff member Asst. Prof. Dr. Bedri Aydoğan attended Adana’s Çukurova District Municipality Orhan Kemal Literature Festival. Asst. Prof. Dr. Bedri Aydoğan was part of the regulatory board of the festival for the second time participating in its decision making processes.
The Festival was attended by Orhan Kemal’s sons Nazım Öğütçü and Işık Öğütçü, thespian Menderes Samancılar, poet Salih Bolat, writer Özcan Karabulut, over 50 artists and scientists. The festival that enriched the city’s art environment and drew great attention contained poetry presentations, exhibitions, talks and screenings.
Asst. Prof. Dr. Bedri Aydoğan also attended a talk at the 10th Çukurova Book Fair, a fair that was attended by over 180 bookstores and publishers. Book signings took place at the fair as well as talks on art and literature, panels and concerts. EMU’s visiting academic staff member Asst. Prof. Dr. Bedri Aydoğan was a participant and supervisor at one of these talks. Orhan Kemal’s son Işık Öğütçü participated in the talk titled ‘Orhan Kemal Forgotten Stories’ along with Bedri Aydoğan. The talk organized by Everest Publications took place in Çukurova Hall and focused on Işık Öğütçü’s book ‘Orhan Kemal Unutulmuş Öyküler’.
Bedri Aydoğan stated that after his death Orhan Kemal’s stories from newspapers and novels have been brought to the light of day noting that “Unutulmuş Öyküler” does this, too. Bedri Aydoğan went on to evaluate the stories indicating that Orhan Kemal’s first story ‘Bir Münevverin Ölümü’ is available for readers for the first time in this book.
