Aslında insan kalbini sarmamalı, hükmü bir gün süren gazete kâğıtlarına. Dönen rotatife kaptırmamalı insan ince sözü, kırılgan cümleyi. Ama ben yaptım; içimin en kuytusundan geçenleri bazen, gazetelere yazdım. Belki de sırf bu yüzden hiçbir zaman gerçekten köşe yazarı olamayacaktım. Hep "başka bir şey" olarak kalacaktım. Ama bu yazılar yüzündendir, hiç hesapta yokken, bir gazete, bir sabah, birilerinin kalbine değdi. Yazanın içerisinden uçuşup gelen, atlayıp, konup bir gazete sayfasına, sizin de içinize sızdı. Bunlar işte, o yazılar. Bunlar, İçeriden yazılanlar... Buzdolabı kapaklarına, işyeri masalarının kenarına asılan, insanlardan insanlara postalanan, hatta "Kıyıdan" köşesinden çıkıp insanlar arasında dolaşırken kimi zaman sahibini kaybeden. Bazen sizi tam da beklenmedik bir yerde yakalayıp yaşatan, hatta bazen size işi astırmayı bile becerebilen... Kimi kez tutup kolunuzdan çocukluk fotoğraflarınıza götüren, orada bırakıveren. Bazen kararlar aldıran, hatta bazılarına ülkeler aşırtan. Bunlar, o yazılar.
Author
Ece Temelkuran, Turkish author, was born in 1973. She is a daily columnist of one of the most popular Turkish newspapers for ten years and a prize winning journalist. Her primary concerns that she addresses are the contemporary criticism of popular culture, masques of politics, women issues, and all other deteriorating identities of humanity. She uses various forms of dramatic sentimentalism and black humor together, combined with her postmodern style, creating space for tactful connections to everyday life. She is the author of three experimental literary fiction books written in the form of poem in prose, and a documentary book on hunger strikes. Lately she published two collections of articles from her column. Temelkuran is the pioneering signature of her generation with opposing voice as a young intellectual, and always brave to tell about “never to talk subjects” of Turkey. She graduated from Faculty of Law, Ankara University in 1995. She started her journalism studies at Cumhuriyet newspaper in 1993. She worked on women’s movement, Southeast Issue in Turkey and also political detainees. Her first book, “All Women Are Confused “ was published in 1993.She was chosen as the “Journalist of the year” by German government and then she made a research on Women movement in Germany in 1993, the same year when she was chosen as the Journalist of the year. Her research book “My Son, My Daughter, My State-The Mothers Of Detainees- From Homes To Streets.” Was published in 1997. She was awarded by Office of Doctors since she had a research paper “Virginity Test is A Crime” for Cumhuriyet journal. Her poem- prose books “From the Edge” and “Voice Of The Inside” were published by Everest. She went to Brazil in 2003 and to India in 2004 to observe World Social Forum. She examined the nation movement after the economic Crisis in Argentina. Her books that include newspaper articles Voice Of The Inside and From Outside were published by Everest in 2005. She took the Idea and Democracy Award by the Office of Doctors in Turkey with her book “We Are Having Revolution Here, Senorita!” (Everest, 2006). She was also awarded by Diyarbakır Democratic Platform with her book “What Should I Tell You?”. Ece Temelkuran, who deserved the award of Freedom for Idea by Ayşenur Zorakolu, keeps writing on her column “From The Edge” at Haberturk newspaper and her latest books “The Deep Mountain” (2008) and “Sounds of Bananas” (2010) are published by Everest.
