Metin Kaçan

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Metin Kaçan


Born
in Kayseri, Turkey
November 15, 1961

Died
January 06, 2013


Metin Kaçan (1961, İncesu/Kayseri, Turkey - 06 January 2013, Istanbul, Turkey) was a Turkish author who is best known for his novels Ağır Roman (Cholera Street), and Fındık Sekiz. Ağır Roman has been translated into German (Kaçan 2003), and a movie (Ağır Roman), directed by Mustafa Altıoklar (1999), was based on it. Kaçan is also the author of a collection of short stories, "A ship to the Islands" (Adalara Vapur, Kaçan 2002), and a book written in a mixed style between prose and poetry, entitled "The tiger at Withdrawal" (Harman Kaplan, Kaçan 1999).
Much of Kaçan's writings deals with life in Istanbul, in particular its poor quarter Dolapdere (not far from Taksim square). To Dolapdere, he sarcastically gave the name "Cholera" (Kolera in Turk
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Ağır Roman

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Fındık Sekiz

3.18 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 2003 — 4 editions
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50 Şahane Hikâye

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Adalara Vapur

3.45 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions
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İstedikleri Yere Gidenler

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4.19 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1992
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Harman Kaplan

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Istanbul'da Kan Var

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“Şu hayattan zevk almadan bir günümün geçtiğini anlarsam o akşam kendimi düşünerek öldürürüm.”
Metin Kaçan, Ağır Roman

“Aklına Şair Adam Mickiewicz'in heykeli gelince gözleri parladı.”
Metin Kaçan, Ağır Roman

“Çapkınlık yaparken ayakbağı olmasın diye karısına öyle tırsınç hikayeler anlatmıştı ki, kadıncağız "Dışarı çıkarsam boğulurum" korkusuyla uzun yıllar sokağa ayağını göstermemişti. Şehrin sokaklarının sularla kaplı olduğunu yağmur yağdığında denizin yükselip taşacağını, küçük bir yıldırım hareketinden şehrin tamamıyla yıkılacağını sanan İmine yaşamını cam kenarına satmıştı.”
Metin Kaçan, Ağır Roman

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