We Will Return One Day, Surely

“The torture squad was so well-trained that they committed almost perfect crimes.” This is what an Italian lawyer said when describing the results of governments’ efforts to respond to student and worker protests in Europe in the 70s and 80s. In our country, too, there were generations who devoted themselves with all their pure souls to changing the corrupt world and pursuing a socialist utopia. The book you are holding in your hands was created by compiling the small notes taken by a revolutionary who had fallen into the hands of the September 12 junta “personnel” whenever he had the chance. He and his friends were subjected to “additional interrogation techniques” approved by the junta. Cut off from the world, they were subjected to all kinds of violence, sleep deprivation, death threats, insults and sexual humiliation for weeks, with their eyes closed. Gürsel Şamiloğlu’s novel, which exposes torture, which is a direct attack on the essence of human dignity, is also an indispensable document for anyone interested in human and prisoners’ rights. As Marx says in the first volume of Capital that capital "comes into the world dripping blood and filth from every pore from top to bottom", this valuable book by Şamiloğlu is one of the endless examples of how the same capital maintains its power with blood and filth.

“We Will Return One Day, Of Course! I think this feeling is valid for everyone who experienced and suffered the September 12 military coup. September 12 was certainly not the first, but for every dissident and revolutionary who was born into a militaristic republican system and knew their geography, it was the heaviest blow, even though it was not the first. It was a coup that crushed hopes, excitements, the desire for change, and our reason for existence. Gürsel Şamiloğlu is one of the revolutionaries who experienced such a military coup with all its weight. They say, 'Words fly away, writings remain'. As a society that is not very used to writing, I think Şamiloğlu's novel is of great importance. You will find a period, revolutionary feelings, human feelings, friendship, betrayal, and most importantly, the never-ending "revolutionary hope" in this book. Thank you, Gürsel Şamiloğlu!”

- Eren Keskin

(From the Promotional Bulletin)

Dough Type : 2. Dough

Number of Pages : 496

Dimensions : 13.5 x 21

First Printing Year : 2019

Number of Prints : 1. Edition