Adalet Ağaoğlu (née Sümer ; 23 October 1929 – 14 July 2020) was a Turkish novelist and playwright , considered one of the foremost novelists of 20th-century Turkish literature . She also wrote essays , memoirs , and short stories .
20-418: Adalet is a Turkish word, and it may refer to: Given name [ edit ] Adalet Ağaoğlu (1929–2020), Turkish female novelist and playwright Adalet Cimcoz (1910–1970), Turkish art curator, voice actress, critic and translator Adalet Shukurov (born 1966), Azerbaijani pop singer Other uses [ edit ] Justice Party (Turkey) (1961–1981),
40-497: A Political Prisoner / 1974), Sevgi Duvarı (Wall of Love / 1973), Ölüm ve Oğlum (Death and My Son / 1976), Gökyokuş (Steep Heaven / 1984), Canfeda (Life Offering / 1988), Çok Bi Çocuk (The Child Colors the Man / 1988), Mekânım Datça Olsun (Let Datça Be My Domicile / 1999) and Rengâhenk (Col'armony / 1991). In his later years, he settled in the remote peninsular town of Datça in southwestern Turkey, where he died of throat cancer . His tomb
60-408: A defunct Turkish political party Justice and Development Party (Turkey) (founded 2001), a Turkish political party See also [ edit ] Adalat (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Adalet . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
80-479: A freelance translator and started writing poetry. Yucel was a poet with a keen political and social awareness. His poetry thrives on a strong combination of lyricism, jovial irony, and sarcasm. Because of his strongly critical poems, he was imprisoned several times. Yucel was certainly one of the most prominent and controversial translators in Turkey. His major poetry collections include Bir Siyasinin Şiirleri (Poems of
100-525: A novel. The artist, who resigned from the TRT Radio Department in 1970 on the grounds of confiscating TRT's autonomy, did not engage in any other job other than writing after that date. She used pseudonyms such as "Remus Tealada" and "Parker Quinck" in some periods of her literary life. Her first novel, Ölmeye Yatmak (Lying to Die), was published in 1973. All her works have been the subject of intense debate since her first novel, which examines
120-458: Is much visited. He had two daughters, Güzel and Su, and a son, Hasan, from his marriage to Güler Yücel. Can Yücel was known for using slang and vulgar language in his poems. However, even his critics agreed that his skill in using words in a simple and understandable way is worthy of praise and appreciation. The main themes and inspirational sources in his poems are nature, people, events, concepts, excitements, perceptions, and emotions. His family
140-543: The "Turkish Presidency Merit Award " in 1995. In 1998, Ağaoğlu received a "Honorary Ph.D." from Anadolu University and a "Ph.D. of Humane Letters" from the Ohio State University . Can Y%C3%BCcel Can Yücel ( pronounced [dʒan jyˈdʒæl] ; August 21, 1926 – August 12, 1999) was a Turkish poet noted for his use of colloquial language. Can Yücel was the son of a former Minister of National Education, Hasan Âli Yücel , who left his mark on
160-788: The French Language and Literature Department of the Faculty of Language, History and Geography of Ankara University in 1950. Her interest in literature started with poems in her high school life, and she soon turned to playwriting. She started writing for the first time in 1946 by publishing theater reviews in Ulus newspaper. Her poems were published in Kaynak Magazine between 1948 and 1950. Between 1951 and 1970 she held various positions in TRT. She wrote her first radio play, "Aşk Şarkısı",
180-482: The I Apologize campaign in 2008. During a panel held with various participants during the 2010 Constitutional Referendum, she was exposed to an egg attack by a group called Student Collectives. She announced that she stopped writing after the death of her husband Halim Ağaoğlu in 2018.[6] She was awarded an honorary doctorate by Boğaziçi University in 2018 for her contributions to the cultural and intellectual world of our country with her original and pioneering works in
200-484: The field of Turkish novels. Ağaoğlu, who received intensive care treatment, died on 14 July 2020 due to multiple organ failure. Her body was buried in Cebeci Asri Cemetery on 15 July. Ağaoğlu received numerous honors besides literary awards for her writing. For her perception of subtle and overt changes in modern Turkish society and her writing entitled "Modernism and Social Change", Ağaoğlu received
220-739: The history of education in Turkey, and a grandchild of an Ottoman sea captain who perished with the frigate Ertuğrul . He studied Latin and Ancient Greek at Ankara University and Cambridge . He later worked as a translator at several embassies and in the Turkish language section five years of the BBC in London . After his return to Turkey in 1958, he briefly worked as a tourist guide in Bodrum and Marmaris and then lived in Istanbul, where he worked as
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260-403: The most beautiful accident in Turkey" for Adalet Ağaoğlu, who had a serious traffic accident in 1996 and was hospitalized for two years, became the title of a river conversation book by Feridun Andaç with Adalet Ağaoğlu. The book was published in 2006. The archive, which brought together the articles about Adalet Ağaoğlu, was prepared by her husband, Halim Ağaoğlu, and was published in 2003 under
280-648: The title Herkes Kendi Kitabının İçini Tanır (Everyone Knows the Inside of His Own Book), in commemoration of the 55th anniversary of Adalet Ağaoğlu's authorship. Ağaoğlu was among the founders of the Human Rights Association , which was founded in 1986, but resigned in July 2005, stating that the HRA had a one-sided racist - nationalist stance and saying, "They are following a pro-PKK policy." She supported
300-472: The turmoil and changes in the recent history of Turkish society. Ölmeye Yatmak created a trilogy with the novels Bir Düğün Gecesi (A Wedding Night) (1979) and No (1989) that she wrote later and won many awards (This trilogy is presented with the title Dar Zamanlar (Narrow Times) in line with the author's request in new editions by Yapı Kredi. ). As soon as Bir Düğün Gecesi (A Wedding Night) (1979) and No (1989) were published, her second novel, Fikrimin İnce Gülü,
320-473: The year she started working at Ankara Radio. While working at the radio, she founded the first private theater of Ankara, "Meydan Sahnesi", with her four friends (Kartal Tibet, Üner İlsever, Çetin Köroğlu, Nur Sabuncu). She published Meydan Sahne Magazine. In 1953, she went to Paris to increase her manners and knowledge about theatre. The theatre play "Let's Write a Play", which she wrote with Sevim Uzungören in 1953,
340-588: Was born on 23 October 1929 in Nallıhan . Her father is Hafız Mustafa Sümer, a fabric merchant. She is the second child and only daughter of a family of four children. Her siblings are Cazip Sümer (1925-1975), playwright, actor Güner Sümer (1936-1977) and businessman Ayhan Sümer (1930-2020). After completing her primary education in Nallıhan, she moved to Ankara with her family in 1938. After completing her secondary education at Ankara Girls' High School, she graduated from
360-434: Was confiscated in its fourth edition. Ağaoğlu, who was prosecuted in 1981 on the charge of "insulting and defaming the military forces" about the novel Fikrimin İnce Gülü, was acquitted after two years of trial. Bir Düğün Gecesi (A Wedding Night), on the other hand, remained at the investigation stage. The accusation of plagiarism from Aldous Huxley was also brought forward for the novel Bir Düğün Gecesi (A Wedding Night), which
380-476: Was deemed worthy of three important novel awards of the period, and caused long discussions. After 1983, she started to live in Istanbul. In 1985, she published Migration Cleanup, which is a memoir-novel. She returned to playwriting in 1991 with Çok Uzak Fazla Yakın (Too Far Too Close). This work was deemed worthy of the Türkiye İş Bankası Grand Prize in literature the following year. Can Yücel 's phrase "You are
400-581: Was staged in Ankara in the same year. The artist, who married engineer Halim Ağaoğlu in 1954, continued as a playwright until she wrote her first novel. She became one of the leading playwrights of the sixties and seventies with the plays she wrote one after the other. The play Crack on the Roof was banned while it was being staged at the Ankara State Theater in 1965; this event prompted her to write
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