I read Rosa Luxemburg’s letter more than thirty years ago in German then some years later I read some of the letters in Turkish. Luxemburgs’ letters were a must read literature for anyone who was interested in politics especially to understand the leading figures in the European and international labour and socialist movements.
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Former Culture Minister of Turkey, a cultural historian, poet and translator Prof. Dr. Talat Halman once observed that Osman Türkay’s work (16 February 1927 – 24 January 2001) combined Blake’s apocalyptic vision which Eliot’s gloomy depictions of modern civilisations. Not only Talat makes this remark but goes further to say that Osman Turkay’s work goes beyond Blake’s and Eliot’s scope, arching over the entire geography of world culture.
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Semra Eren-Nijhar 