The 9th Symposium on Turkish Cypriots who Left a Trace Behind organized by the Eastern Mediterranean University Center for Cyprus Studies (EMU-CCS) has commenced with an opening ceremony which took place at the Rauf Raif Denktaş Culture and Congress Hall at 09:00 a.m. on Monday, the 21st of May 2018.
Before presentations, EMU Vice Rector for Administrative and Technical Affairs and EMU-CCS President Prof. Dr. Naciye Doratlı conveyed their thanks to the participants for their participations and gave brief information about EMU-CCS. Organized once every two years by EMU-CCS, the theme of this years’ event was based on “Literature”. Prof. Dr. Doratlı stated that the symposium will focus on Harid Fedai, Ali Nesim, Filiz Naldöven, Fikret Demirağ, Kutlu Adalı, M. Taner Baybars and Kaya Çanca, who have important contributions to the Turkish Cypriot literature. Prof. Dr. Doratlı mentioned that the symposium will cover these valuable individuals’ life stories, struggles and societal contributions in great detail.
After the opening speech, in the first session of the symposium, Ismail Bozkurt made presentation on “The Three Important Figures of Turkish Cypriot Literature Who We Have Recently Lost (Harid Fedai, Ali Nesim ve Fikret Demirağ)”; Then, Ulus Irkad and Asst. Prof. Dr. Tayyibe Uç delivered presentations respectively titled “On Harid Fedai and Kutlu Adalı” and “Ölür İse Ten Ölür Canlar Ölesi Değil”.
In the second session, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Netice Yıldız delivered a presentation titled “My Childhood Memories with my Friend from Far Away Lands: Taner Baybars (1936-2010)”, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gürkan Gümüşatam and Asst. Prof. Dr. Emel Kaya delivered presentations respectively titled “Kutlu Adalı’s Observations on Turkish in Cypriot Villages” and “Dramatic Structure and Discourse of Kaya Çanca Poems”.
In the third session, Prof. Dr. Oğuz Karakartal, Dr. Emin Onuş and Hüseyin Ezilmez delivered presentations titled “Harid Fedai’s contributions to Turkish Cypriot Literature”, “About Harid Fedai’s ‘Lefke Sayıklamaları Destanı’ and “Social Critism in Filiz Naldöven’s ‘Köşede Durmak’ Play”, respectively. Prof. Dr. Ulvi Keser and Devran Akbayram also delivered a presentation titled “Nacak Newspaper and an Evaluation of Kutlu Adalı’s Vocabulary”.
The presentations will continue on May 22nd, as well
The symposium will also continue on 22 May 2018. During the first session, which will be presented by Prof. Dr. Esra Karabacak and Aslı Piro, will feature presentations titled "Evaluating Language Philosophy in Ali Nesim's Works". Additionally, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Şevket Öznur will deliver a presentation titled "Innovations of Ali Nesim Hoca’s on Cypriot Turkish Literature", Ceyhan Özyildiz’s presentation titled "An Examination on Ali Nesim's stories titled ‘Olive Prisoners-1’ and ‘Olive Prisoners-2’, and Eralp Adanır’s presentation titled “Ali Nesim's Philosophy Projections in book titled ‘Discover the Beauties of Life’".
In the second session, "A General View to the Poetry of Fikret Demirağ" by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Şevket Öznur, "An Approach in the Context of Cultural Literature of the Migrant Poet Taner Baybars Poem" by Prof. Dr. Metin Karadağ, “Folkloric Elements of Poems in the Book titled ‘Hüzün Ana’ written by Fikret Demirağ” by Asst. Assoc. Dr. Hatice Kayhan, and "Intertextual Components of Fikret Demirağ’s Poems" by Asst. Prof. Dr. Mihrican Aylanç will also be presented.
On the other hand, the third session, which is also held on the same day, more presentations will be delivered by Dr. Haluk Öner titled “The Childhood During the Days of Fikret Demirağ’s Poems”, by Asst. Prof. Dr. Selda Uygur titled “Mediterranean Love and Woman in Fikret Demirağ’s Poems”, by Prof. Dr. Ulvi Keser titled “A Cross-Sectional View of Fikret Demirağ’s Poems in the Context of the Mediterranean” and by Mehmet Kansu titled “About Fikret Demirağ”. The fourth session will include Fatih Yalıner’s presentation titled “Filiz Naldöven's Memorized Texture in Poetry Books”, Asst. Prof. Dr. Emel Kaya’s presentation titled “Language as the Existence Area in Filiz Naldöven's Poetry” and Ulus Irkad’s presentation titled “About Fikret Demirağ, Filiz Naldöven ve Kaya Çanca”.
A total of 26 presentations will be delivered in 7 sessions. The presentations of entire symposium will later be collected in a book.
