Kürt Gözüyle Yılmaz Güney

Many books have been written about Yılmaz Güney so far. In some people's eyes, he is a bully, in some people's eyes, he is a director, in some people's eyes, he is a writer, and in some people's eyes, he is a revolutionary, Yılmaz Güney... But almost none of them shed light on Yılmaz Güney's Kurdishness, which he lived with until his last breath, which was mired in sadness, kneaded with grief and tried to be ignored. With his book "Yılmaz Güney Through Kurdish Eyes", Mahmut Baksi discusses the aspects of Güney's Kurdish identity with a series of witnesses ranging from Kendal Nezan to Şivan Perwer. It completes the missing piece of the South.

The book, which also includes Yılmaz Güney's speech at the Kurdish Culture Festival and Newroz Holiday, serves as an archive.

“Our mountains, plains and rivers are waiting for us.

We do not want to spend our whole life abroad and sing foreign songs.

We are a people who have written epics with their bravery, and we have the determination, determination and conditions to overcome all the difficulties in front of us.

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Everyone, friend and foe, should know that we will win... We will definitely win.

It is better to die a freedom fighter than to live as a slave.”

Yılmaz Güney