Banyas, 1985

Rewşen Bedirxan - Mehmed Uzun Conversation and Letters

Mehmed Uzun's conversation with Celadet Alî Bedirxan before writing "Bîra Qederê" in 1985 and the letters Rewşen Hanım wrote to him were collected in a book and published under the name "Banyas 1985".

This study, which covers the turning points and ordinary situations of Celadet Alî Bedirxan's life through his memories, is also important as it is Mehmed Uzun's first interview book. Uzun's five-day interview with Celadet Alî Bedirxan's wife, Rewşen Bedirxan, between 28 March and 1 April 1985, is also the first interview about Celadet Alî Bedirxan. The interview in Banyas, Syria, lasted five days. Records 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 were reached, but the other records were not reached. For this reason, there are gaps in some parts of the interview text. Due to the intense interview content and limited time, interviews were conducted twice on some days.

The content of the interview with Rewşen Bedirxan is not only the memories about Celadet Ali Bedirxan. In this study, in addition to Rewşen Bedirxan's memories about himself, the reading of a part of his father Mehmed Salih Bedirxan's book titled "On the Road to Egypt" is included.

Sînemxan Bedirxan, like many other things, carefully kept and protected the tapes of the Rewşen Bedirxan - Mehmed Uzun conversation for years, despite many difficulties, and they were deciphered under her supervision. We took 12 letters written by Rewşen Hanım to Mehmed Uzun and 2 letters written by her grandson Rewşen Medina from Mehmed Uzun's archive. The letters, along with their originals, were added to the end of the book.