A Horseman Passed Through the World of Strays

The responsible person went through the files nearby for a while. Then, for a new corpse to be cremated, he shouted amidst the noise of the flames spreading from the opened oven: "Turkish... Put it in the patented vase1." The man looked at the belly of the new vase. The patent could be clearly read:
"Made in Germany."

Everest Publishing continues to publish the books of Bekir Yildiz, one of the master writers of Turkish literature, with The Derelicts/A Horseman Passed Through the World.

At the center of the stories in the book are Bekir Yildiz's "typical" issues: homesickness, migration, customs, poverty... Ragip Baba, who died in Germany, where he came as a worker, and who was considered abandoned because he was separated from his family, his body was cremated and his ashes were sent to his country... He was raped. Anatolian women who fell victim to honor killings for... Expats who had to leave their countries to work and suffered many difficulties, "Alamancis"...

Besides these "local" issues, Bekir Yildiz, in Germany under the leadership of Hitler It also tells the story of the burning, destructive and genocidal truths of the established fascism.



Number of Pages: 195

Print Year: 2012


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Everest Publications