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Nisan 7, 2024 tarihine ait yayınlar gösteriliyor

Poem for an Armenian girl

  There are some unforgettable moments in people’s lives. If I asked you now, I’m sure you’d be able to tell me some unique stories, wouldn’t you? I would be. Last night was one of them. The New Anatolian’s Editor In Chief Mete Belovacikli and I were with Rahsan and Bulent Ecevit in the library of their home in Oran. The highest parts of Cankaya were covered in snow and there was a freezing wind blowing outside, but we four enjoyed an incredibly warm talk. First let me share a verse from a poem which Rahsan Hanim read for us, Purple violets in the gardens, Ahchek, you’ve made me crazy for you, May you become Muslim, Or shall I became Armenian? (*) Rahsan Hanim added: “The poem was written years ago by a village boy in a Turkish town for an Armenian girl named Ahchek. Can you imagine what relations between Turks and Armenians were like at the time?” At that moment I remembered that Bulent Ecevit during his last premiership (1999-2002), with Mumtaz Soysal as foreign minister, took se...