Osman Türkay was a Turkish Cypriot poet. A Cyprus page that includes him is not only one community’s book. He wrote a long literary life, including poems that take on the scale of the cosmos, and he died in 2001. The events are the books and the years.
Gând
A sample thought. A colleague would remember the work, and the way it was done.
Paul
Gând
A sample thought. The family would write here what they still say at the table.
Elena
Poveste
Sunday at the table
This is a sample story. A son would write about Sunday, the extra chair, and the way Osman Türkay kept a place for whoever arrived.
Jon
Lumânare
A lasting sample light, so the page is not dark.
Iris
Lumânare
A sample candle left beside the story.
Anna
Videoclipuri
A recording the family kept
A sample film for Osman Türkay. The family would put here a song or a piece of footage they still play.
Muzică
A song they loved
The family
Dar
Lumânare
A sample gift of light.
Helen
Dar
Carte
A sample card for Osman Türkay.
Mark
Dar
Floare
A sample flower, left on the page.
Iris
Cronologie
Born
Osman Türkay was born in 1927.
Cronologie
A poet between languages
He spent much of his writing life in London and published poetry that readers in Cyprus and in Turkish letters both claimed.
Cronologie
Died
He died in 2001.
Întâlnire
A reading at home
A sample gathering for Osman Türkay. The family would write the time, the place, and who is welcome.
The family
1927
1970
2001