Düşte Kalan

by İskender Pala

"Yillardan 1258 idi. Hulagu Bagdat'a girmis, insanligin besik edindigi ve o zamana kadar suzegeldigi tecrubesini harmanladigi topraklarda, dunyanin Nuh Tufani'ndan sonra gordugu en buyuk yikimi yapmisti. Bu talan, o caga gore dunyanin gozdesi olan bir medeniyet merkezinin yok edilmesi demekti ve Hulagu'nun askerleri, Bagdat'in essiz koleksiyonlariyla unlu kutuphanelerindeki yuz bini askin elyazmasi kitabi Dicle'ye bosaltmis ve Dicle gunlerce murekkep renginde akmisti. Eger o zaman Bagdat kutuphanelerinin basina boyle bir talan gelmeseydi, belki de dunyanin daha sonraki yuzyillari cok farkli olur, Ronesans ve Reform hareketlerinin adresi degisir, modernlesmenin gostergeleri farkli boyutlarda ortaya cikar, hatta Amerika, simdiki Amerika olmayabilirdi. Gelin gorun ki Amerika simdi Bagdat'tadir."Sayfa 392Baski 2016 Kapi Yayinlari

392 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2004

About the author

İskender Pala (born 1958, in Turkey) is a Turkish Divan (Ottoman) Poetry Professor and author of best seller novels. He also used to write a column in the Turkish daily newspaper Zaman.

İskender Pala graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Letters Turkish Language and Literature Department in 1979. He entered Turkish Navy as a lieutenant in 1982 and taught Turkish Literature in Naval Schools and Boğaziçi University. In 1987 he established Turkish Navy Museum Archives. He oversaw classification and restoration of many historic documents dated from the times of the Ottoman Empire. He published Encyclopedic Dictionary of Divan (Ottoman) Poetry and received Writers Union of Turkey Award in 1989. He was discharged from the Navy without any conviction during what is now called the "Postmodern coup". Later, he wrote a book about his life in Navy and his discharge, called Between Two Coups referring to military coup in 1980 and 1997 military memorandum in Turkey. He said that the reason for his discharge was his practicing İslam in his private life.