Poems

Strategic

Notes

Note on STRATEJIK KONUM:

“Konum” can be: position, location, status, situation, attitude

Ilgın ağacı is a Tamarix https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamarix (image search for the Turkish word: https://www.google.nl/search?q=ilgin+agaci&espv=2&site=webhp&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiRlrTTpazTAhVsI8AKHZB6AusQ_AUIBigB&biw=1404&bih=720&dpr=2

In general, this poem is a very moving and painful summary of today’s Turkey: economic growth and political power at the cost of nature, the environment, and the most vulnerable people.