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Welcome 10th grade literature proje

ct. 1st semester. Hello dear listen

ers. I'm Kaan. Görkem and Emir are

with me. Today we will talk about m

ost of Sabahattin Ali's works and w

e will tell you about Sabahattin Al

i's life. I want to start with Saba

hattin Ali's life. Sabahattin Ali w

as born in 1907 in Eride, Bulgaria.

He finished teacher training schoo

l in Istanbul. After a while, he wa

s sent to Germany and became closel

y interested in literature and cult

ure and studied at university on th

ese subjects. After returning to Tü

rkiye, he worked as a teacher, jour

nalist and writer. Because of his w

riting and political views, he was

imprisoned and experienced exile. H

e was killed in 1948 while trying t

o cross from Türkiye to Bulgaria. H

is death is still debated. I will s

tart with a bit of a locked-down. S

abahattin Ali was a social realist

writer. He realistically depicted t

he poverty, injustice, and inner wo

rld of the Anatolian people. Does h

e have a simple, fluent, and impres

sive style? Which of his works? I w

ill mention a few of his works that

we will discuss today. Kuyucaklı Y

usuf, The Fur Coat, The Serenade of

the Sacrifice, and New World. Well

, Görkem. Let's start with the work

s. My dear friend Görkem, can you t

ell us about Kuyucaklı Yusuf? >> Of

course. First of all, its themes a

re as follows: Injustice, social in

equality, loneliness, morality, and

honesty. Its importance is as foll

ows: It is one of the best-known ex

amples of social realist novels in

Turkish literature. Our topic is as

follows: The novel tells the story

of young Yusuf, who lost his paren

ts at a young age, and his life in

Anatolia. Yusuf is an honest, hardw

orking, but honorable character. Th

e town is faced with problems such

as injustice, tyranny, and the stro

ng oppressing the weak. It is a cri

tique of the broken order in societ

y. Kuyucak Yusuf was like that. So,

my dear friend Alikan, can you tel

l us about the Kurdish-Mantled Mado

nna? >> Of course. First, I will te

ll you about the themes of the Kurd

ish-Mantled Madonna. Loneliness, lo

ve, and lack of communication. The

individual's inner world and aliena

tion in society. You will understan

d the individual's inner world very

well in the way I will explain sho

rtly. The Turkish-Mantled Madonna..

. So, Raif Efendi, tell us. Raif Ef

endi is an introverted man. Everyon

e sees Raif Efendi as insignificant

and unimportant. But Raif Efendi's

inner world is actually deep and v

ery beautiful. The narrator, Sabaha

ttin Ali, reads Raif Efendi's diary

and tells the main story of the no

vel from today's perspective. Young

Raif Efendi is sent to Germany. In

Berlin, he sees a portrait of a wo

man in a Turkish coat, a work of ar

t, and is deeply impressed by it. H

e meets the painter, Maria Pudar. A

n unusual love story begins between

Raif Efendi and Maria Pudar. Maria

is a strong, free, and independent

woman. But at the same time, the p

riest is a reclusive, introverted m

an who suppresses his emotions. A d

eep but fragile bond forms between

them. Over time, misunderstandings

arise, and due to a lack of communi

cation, Raif Efendi returns to Türk

iye believing that Maria has abando

ned him. Years later, he learns tha

t Maria has died of illness and tha

t she has a daughter. By then, it i

s too late for everything. Raif Efe

ndi lives with this love for the re

st of his life. He loses interest i

n life. In fact, after a while, the

novel ends with themes of loneline

ss, love, missed happiness, and inn

er collapse. My dear friend Emir, c

an you tell us about the new life?

Now, the new world, I mean. Of cour

se, my friend. The story tells the

life of a young woman named New Wor

ld who works in a traveling enterta

inment group. New World is a woman

who attracts attention with her bea

uty but is exploited and scorned by

society. During the shows, people

see her only as an entertainment to

ol. No one cares about her feelings

, her pain, or her people. The men'

s attention is fake and self-servin

g. New World searches for someone w

ho will truly understand and love h

er. But this desire remains unfulfi

lled. Every heartbreak and loneline

ss she experiences leads her to des

pair. The story ends with the murde

r of New World. This death symboliz

es the cruelty and insensitivity of

society towards weak and defensele

ss individuals. Now, the themes of

this story are social exploitation,

the place of women in society, des

pair, and the oppression of the pow

erless. Now, my friend Görkem, can

you please tell us about the name o

f the frog, the victim, the serene

name? >> Yes. >> Of course. The the

mes are love, music, and art, confr

onting the past, identity and belon

ging, and the social history of Tür

kiye. The themes are like this. Its

importance, the importance of this

work, is that it tells both an ind

ividual life story and the social s

tructure of Türkiye. Our subject is

as follows. The novel centers on t

he life of Selim, a world-famous vi

olin virtuoso. Selim's past, his lo

ves, his family, and events in Türk

iye's recent history are intertwine

d. Music is one of the main backbon

es of the novel. That's all. Okay.

Since Görkem has also told us about

your last work today, our works fo

r today are finished. Sabahattin Al

i is one of the writers who uses Tu

rkish very purely, both in his writ

ing and his narrative. Sabahattin A

li influences me greatly. One of th

e reasons is that when I was readin

g *The Fur Coat*, it was the first

time a book had drawn me in and mad

e me feel as if I were living insid

e that book. Unfortunately, we lost

him at a very young age due to pol

itical reasons. These were a few qu

estions I wanted to ask. Thank you

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