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Ya\u015far Kemal’in \u0130nce Memed karakteri, devlerle d\u00f6\u011f\u00fc\u015fen T\u00fcrk masallar\u0131ndaki yi\u011fitlerden Homeros’un Ulysses’ine, Robin Hood’dan \u015eeyh Bedrettin’e kadar cesaretli, \u00f6zverili kahramanlar\u0131n ruhundan birer nefes alm\u0131\u015f gibidir<\/p>\n
Do\u011fdu\u011fum yer Antep, kahramanl\u0131k \u00f6yk\u00fcleriyle dolu bir yerdir. Sadece \u00f6yk\u00fcleriyle de\u011fil, ger\u00e7ek kahramanlar\u0131yla da \u00fcnl\u00fcd\u00fcr. Kurtulu\u015f Sava\u015f\u0131’n\u0131n unutulmaz kahramanlar\u0131 \u015eahin Bey, Karay\u0131lan ve bundan otuz y\u0131l \u00f6nce fa\u015fistlerce \u00f6ld\u00fcr\u00fclen, tan\u0131d\u0131\u011f\u0131m en cesur insan olan arkada\u015f\u0131m Enver ve daha niceleri… Onlar\u0131n toprak olmu\u015f bedenleri de Antep’in binlerce y\u0131ld\u0131r insan eliyle g\u00fczelle\u015fen ta\u015flar\u0131n\u0131n alt\u0131nda yatmaktad\u0131r. \u00d6yle ki Karay\u0131lan’\u0131n mezar\u0131 bizim evin topu topu be\u015f y\u00fcz metre uza\u011f\u0131ndad\u0131r.<\/p>\n
Demem o ki, kahramanl\u0131k ta \u00e7ocuklu\u011fumdan beri benim ahlaki\/moral d\u00fcnyam\u0131 belirleyen \u00f6nemli de\u011ferlerden biri olagelmi\u015ftir. Bu durum okuma s\u00fcrecime de yans\u0131m\u0131\u015f, bizzat okuma s\u00fcrecimin kendisi de bu de\u011feri b\u00fcy\u00fctm\u00fc\u015f, beslemi\u015ftir. Okumay\u0131 s\u00f6kt\u00fc\u011f\u00fcm d\u00f6nemlerde el tezg\u00e2hlar\u0131ndan sat\u0131n ald\u0131\u011f\u0131m K\u00f6ro\u011flu hik\u00e2yeleri, Hz. Ali’nin cenk \u00f6yk\u00fcleri, y\u00f6renin yi\u011fit kabaday\u0131lar\u0131n\u0131n \u00f6l\u00fcmleri \u00fczerine yak\u0131lan a\u011f\u0131tlar, ard\u0131ndan \u00e7izgi romanlardaki kahramanlar: Karao\u011flan, Malko\u00e7o\u011flu, Teksas, Tommiks, Teks, Red Kit, Zagor daha niceleri. Sonra Gaziantep \u015eehir K\u00fct\u00fcphanesi’nden ald\u0131\u011f\u0131m enfes bir kitap; Howard Pyle’\u0131n, iyi y\u00fcrekli e\u015fk\u0131yas\u0131 ‘Robin Hood’un maceralar\u0131. Ard\u0131ndan adalet pe\u015finde ko\u015fan ba\u015fka bir kahraman, zenginden al\u0131p, yoksula da\u011f\u0131tan bizden biri: Ya\u015far Kemal’in ‘\u0130nce Memed’i. Bizim \u00fclkemizin g\u00f6z\u00fc pek, iyi y\u00fcrekli e\u015fk\u0131yas\u0131…<\/p>\n
N\u00e2z\u0131m’dan sonra Ya\u015far<\/strong><\/p>\n \u0130nce Memed benim i\u00e7in s\u0131radan bir kitap de\u011fildi; bir s\u0131\u00e7rama, ya\u015fam\u0131 farkl\u0131 alg\u0131lamamda bir de\u011fi\u015fim noktas\u0131yd\u0131. Sadece okuma ser\u00fcvenimde de\u011fil, hayata bak\u0131\u015f a\u00e7\u0131mda da \u00f6nemli de\u011fi\u015fiklikleri simgeleyen bir metindi. O nedenle \u00fclkemiz yazarlar\u0131 aras\u0131nda N\u00e2z\u0131m Hikmet’ten sonra bende \u00f6zel yeri olan yazarlar\u0131n ba\u015f\u0131nda sevgili Ya\u015far Kemal gelir. \u0130nce Memed, hen\u00fcz ya\u015f\u0131m \u00e7ok gen\u00e7 olmas\u0131na ra\u011fmen beni kendi kabu\u011fumdan \u00e7\u0131karan, bir anda \u00fclkenin ve d\u00fcnyan\u0131n sorunlar\u0131yla kar\u015f\u0131 kar\u015f\u0131ya gelmemi sa\u011flayan kitapt\u0131.<\/p>\n Ku\u015fkusuz politikle\u015fmemi sa\u011flayan tek neden Ya\u015far Kemal’in bu ba\u015fyap\u0131t\u0131 de\u011fildi. Beni as\u0131l etkileyen a\u011fabeylerimdi. Be\u015f a\u011fabeyimin hepsi de solcuydu. Marks’\u0131n, Lenin’in kitaplar\u0131 gibi Ya\u015far Kemal’in romanlar\u0131yla da beni bulu\u015fturan onlard\u0131. \u00dc\u00e7 a\u011fabeyim, ayr\u0131 \u015fehirde okuyordu. En b\u00fcy\u00fc\u011f\u00fcm\u00fcz Londra’dayd\u0131, onun bir k\u00fc\u00e7\u00fc\u011f\u00fc Adana’da, \u00fc\u00e7\u00fcnc\u00fcs\u00fc ise Ankara’da. Londra’da e\u011fitim g\u00f6ren a\u011fabeyimin kitaplar\u0131 \u00e7at\u0131 kat\u0131nda bir sand\u0131\u011f\u0131n i\u00e7inde dururdu. G\u00fczel ciltlenmi\u015f kitaplard\u0131. Platon’un, Marks’\u0131n, Russell’\u0131n kitaplar\u0131n\u0131 hat\u0131rl\u0131yorum. Ankara’daki a\u011fabeyim politikayla daha yak\u0131ndan ilgiliydi. 12 Mart’ta ve 12 Eyl\u00fcl’de tutukland\u0131, a\u011f\u0131r i\u015fkenceler g\u00f6rd\u00fc. Onun kitaplar\u0131 yedi odal\u0131 ta\u015f evimizin bana ayr\u0131lan odas\u0131ndaki g\u00f6mme dolaptayd\u0131. Lenin’in, Gramsci’nin kuramsal kitaplar\u0131, Gorki’nin, Zola’n\u0131n romanlar\u0131, N\u00e2z\u0131m’\u0131n \u015fiirleri dururdu burada. Ya\u015far Kemal’in kitaplar\u0131n\u0131 eve getiren ise Adana’da okuyan a\u011fabeyimdi. Evde Ya\u015far Kemal’in romanlar\u0131n\u0131n, \u00f6zellikle de \u0130nce Memed’in hep birlikte tart\u0131\u015f\u0131ld\u0131\u011f\u0131n\u0131 hat\u0131rl\u0131yorum. Ka\u00e7\u0131nc\u0131 bask\u0131s\u0131d\u0131r bilmem ama o g\u00fczelim kitab\u0131 elime al\u0131p hayran hayran sayfalar\u0131n\u0131 \u00e7evirdi\u011fim kalm\u0131\u015f akl\u0131mda.<\/p>\n Ba\u015fta \u0130nce Memed olmak \u00fczere Ya\u015far Kemal’in romanlar\u0131n\u0131 neden bu kadar sevdi\u011fimizi a\u00e7\u0131klayacak bir\u00e7ok \u00f6l\u00e7\u00fct s\u0131ralayabilirim. Romanlar\u0131ndaki yo\u011fun insan sevgisi, do\u011faya duyulan s\u0131n\u0131rs\u0131z co\u015fku, haks\u0131zl\u0131\u011fa g\u00f6sterilen b\u00fcy\u00fck tepki, g\u00fczel olan her \u015feye duydu\u011fu derin sayg\u0131. Ama sadece bunlar de\u011fil ku\u015fkusuz… Belki de en \u00f6nemli neden bizim ya\u015fad\u0131\u011f\u0131m\u0131z topraklar\u0131, bildi\u011fimiz insanlar\u0131, tan\u0131d\u0131k ili\u015fkileri anlatmas\u0131yd\u0131. Ya\u015far Kemal, ya\u015fad\u0131\u011f\u0131m\u0131z \u015fehre 100 k\u00fcsur kilometre uzakl\u0131ktaki Osmaniye’nin Hemite k\u00f6y\u00fcnde do\u011fmu\u015ftu. Ayn\u0131 \u00fcretim ili\u015fkileri s\u00fczgecinde, ayn\u0131 sosyal yap\u0131lar\u0131n i\u00e7inde, ayn\u0131 gelenek g\u00f6renek zincirinde, ayn\u0131 k\u00fclt\u00fcrel iklimin atmosferinde ya\u015f\u0131yorduk. O y\u00fczden e\u011fitimli a\u011fabeylerim kadar, ilkokul ayd\u0131nl\u0131\u011f\u0131 bile g\u00f6rmeden okumay\u0131 yazmay\u0131 s\u00f6ken annem de bu b\u00fcy\u00fck yazar\u0131n metinlerinden etkileniyor, onun kahramanlar\u0131 i\u00e7in g\u00f6zya\u015f\u0131 d\u00f6k\u00fcyordu. Ama sadece bu romanlar\u0131 okumakla kalm\u0131yor, terzilik \u00f6\u011frenmek i\u00e7in yan\u0131na gelen k\u0131z \u00e7\u0131raklara da roman\u0131 anlat\u0131yor, yani bir anlamda \u0130nce Memed’i yeniden yazarak s\u00f6zl\u00fc olarak aktar\u0131yordu.<\/p>\n Benim \u0130nce Memed’i bu kadar \u00e7ok sevmemin nedeni ise yaz\u0131m\u0131n ba\u015f\u0131nda belirtti\u011fim gibi do\u011frudan kahramanl\u0131k fig\u00fcr\u00fcyle ilgili olsa gerek. Ya\u015far Kemal, halk masallar\u0131ndan, destanlar\u0131ndan, efsanelerinden bildi\u011fim kahraman fig\u00fcr\u00fcn\u00fc o kadar ger\u00e7ek\u00e7i, o kadar b\u00fcy\u00fcl\u00fc anlatm\u0131\u015ft\u0131 ki; ben d\u00fcnyaya gelme nedenimi bulmu\u015f, hayat\u0131n anlam\u0131n\u0131 kavramaya ba\u015flar gibi olmu\u015ftum. ‘\u0130nce Memed’ gibi s\u0131radan, yoksul bir k\u00f6yl\u00fcn\u00fcn ola\u011fan\u00fcst\u00fc bir halk kahraman\u0131na d\u00f6n\u00fc\u015fmesindeki de\u011fi\u015fim beni \u00f6yle sarsm\u0131\u015ft\u0131 ki, o g\u00fcnden sonra, sadece kendim i\u00e7in ya\u015famay\u0131 ahlaki d\u00fc\u015fk\u00fcnl\u00fck olarak g\u00f6rmeye ba\u015flam\u0131\u015ft\u0131m. \u00c7\u00fcnk\u00fc ‘\u0130nce Memed’ daha \u00f6nce tan\u0131d\u0131\u011f\u0131m kahramanlar\u0131n hepsinden bir par\u00e7a ta\u015f\u0131maktayd\u0131.<\/p>\n Devlerle d\u00f6\u011f\u00fc\u015fen T\u00fcrk masallar\u0131ndaki yi\u011fitlerden Homeros’un Ulysses’ine, Spartak\u00fcs’ten K\u00f6ro\u011flu’na, Robin Hood’dan \u015eeyh Bedrettin’e kadar cesaretle, do\u011frulukla, \u00f6zveriyle \u00e7elikle\u015fen bu karakterlerin hepsinin ruhundan birer nefes alm\u0131\u015f gibiydi. \u0130nce Memed, b\u00fct\u00fcn bu kahramanlar\u0131n Anadolu’nun gen\u00e7 cumhuriyetinde ortaya \u00e7\u0131kan yeni bir tipiydi. Yani k\u00f6kenleri insanl\u0131\u011f\u0131n derinliklerine iniyor olsa da, inan\u0131lmaz bir \u015fekilde \u00e7a\u011fda\u015ft\u0131. Onu \u00e7a\u011fda\u015f yapan g\u00fcn\u00fcn do\u011fas\u0131yd\u0131. O g\u00fcn\u00fcn gerekleri b\u00f6yle kahramanlar yarat\u0131lmas\u0131na olanak veriyordu. \u00c7\u00fcnk\u00fc o zamanlar Prometeus’un Tanr\u0131lardan \u00e7ald\u0131\u011f\u0131 umut ate\u015fi daha harl\u0131 yan\u0131yordu.<\/p>\n Otuz k\u00fcsur y\u0131l \u00f6ncesinden s\u00f6z ediyorum, Marx’\u0131n Kom\u00fcnist Manifesto’da bahsetti\u011fi hayalet yine mezar\u0131ndan \u00e7\u0131km\u0131\u015f, dilinde \u00f6zg\u00fcrl\u00fck, e\u015fitlik, ad\u0131m ad\u0131m Avrupa’y\u0131 dola\u015f\u0131yordu. Evet, 68 hareketinden s\u00f6z ediyorum. D\u00fcnya gen\u00e7li\u011fi ayaklanm\u0131\u015f, eski k\u0131tan\u0131n, eski, \u00e7\u00fcr\u00fcm\u00fc\u015f d\u00fc\u015f\u00fcncelerini adamak\u0131ll\u0131 silkelemi\u015fti.<\/p>\n Bu k\u0131z\u0131l bayrakl\u0131 hayalet bizim \u00fclkemize de gelmekte ge\u00e7 kalmam\u0131\u015ft\u0131. O g\u00fcn\u00fcn gen\u00e7li\u011fi kendi hayat\u0131n\u0131 de\u011fil, \u00fclkesini, insanl\u0131\u011f\u0131 kurtarman\u0131n pe\u015findeydi. S\u0131radan hayatlar\u0131n k\u00fc\u00e7\u00fcmsendi\u011fi, kahramanlar\u0131n \u00f6ne \u00e7\u0131kt\u0131\u011f\u0131 bir d\u00f6nemdi. Umutlu bir d\u00f6nemdi… Bir ideal i\u00e7in d\u00f6v\u00fc\u015fmenin en b\u00fcy\u00fck ahlaki erdemlerden say\u0131ld\u0131\u011f\u0131 bir d\u00fcnya. N\u00e2z\u0131m’\u0131n dizelerinde anlatt\u0131\u011f\u0131 gibi ‘\u015fark\u0131lar\u0131n boyunun kilometrelerce, \u00f6l\u00fcm\u00fcn boyunun bir kar\u0131\u015f oldu\u011fu’ g\u00fcnlerdi. Ve onlar inand\u0131klar\u0131 de\u011ferler u\u011fruna \u015fark\u0131lar\u0131n\u0131 s\u00f6yleyerek, g\u00f6zlerini bile k\u0131rpmadan \u00f6l\u00fcme gittiler. Hay\u0131r, bu s\u00f6ylediklerim hamaset de\u011fil, yak\u0131n tarihimiz. Kimilerinin unuttu\u011fu, unutturmak istedi\u011fi yak\u0131n tarihimiz.<\/p>\n Deniz gibi babayi\u011fit<\/strong><\/p>\n Denizler as\u0131ld\u0131\u011f\u0131nda ben daha ilkokula gidiyordum. Onlar t\u0131pk\u0131 birer K\u00f6ro\u011flu, Dadalo\u011flu, Pir Sultan Abdal ve \u0130nce Memed’ti. Ben \u0130nce Memed’i okurken Deniz Gezmi\u015f canlan\u0131rd\u0131 g\u00f6z\u00fcmde ki yanl\u0131\u015f; \u0130nce Memed, Deniz Gezmi\u015f gibi uzun boylu, etkileyici biri de\u011fildi ama imgelemimde \u00f6yle kalm\u0131\u015f i\u015fte. Sadece benim de\u011fil, eminim o d\u00f6nem bir\u00e7ok gencin kafas\u0131ndaki \u0130nce Memed, Deniz’di, Mahir’di ya da \u00f6teki devrimcilerdi.<\/p>\n Ama d\u00f6nem de\u011fi\u015fti, \u015fimdi pis bir r\u00fczg\u00e2r esiyor. \u00c7ukurova’daki ayd\u0131nl\u0131k g\u00fcne\u015fin tersine k\u0131yt\u0131r\u0131k bir Bat\u0131 g\u00fcne\u015fi ayd\u0131nlat\u0131yor d\u00fcnyay\u0131. Yalanc\u0131 da\u011flar\u0131n sinsi koyaklar\u0131ndan do\u011fan, kokusuz, renksiz, silik bir r\u00fczg\u00e2r var. Herkesi sadece kendi ya\u015fam\u0131n\u0131, kendi bedenini, kendi ruhunu kurtarmaya \u00e7a\u011f\u0131ran bir r\u00fczg\u00e2r. \u00d6tekini d\u00fc\u015f\u00fcnme, \u00f6teki i\u00e7in \u00f6zveride bulunma, kendini tehlikeye atma… Politika yapacaksan yap, dine inanacaksan inan, yazmak istiyorsan yaz, ama hep kendin i\u00e7in. Ger\u00e7ek\u00e7i ol. G\u00f6z\u00fcn\u00fc kapamay\u0131 bil, yetinmeyi bil, sadece ula\u015fabilece\u011fini umut et. Can\u0131n\u0131 s\u0131kan, seni mutsuz eden, \u00e7\u00f6z\u00fcms\u00fcz i\u015flerden uzak dur. Cesaret mi, unut. \u00d6zveri mi dedin, sak\u0131n ha. Adalet, g\u00fcld\u00fcrme beni, o \u00e7ok eski bir palavra. Akl\u0131n\u0131 ba\u015f\u0131na topla, kahramanl\u0131k aptall\u0131kt\u0131r. Yery\u00fcz\u00fcn\u00fcn, muhte\u015fem uygarl\u0131\u011f\u0131m\u0131z\u0131n yasalar\u0131 var. Onlara kar\u015f\u0131 gelinemez. D\u00fcnya kurulal\u0131 beri o yasalar nice kahramanlar\u0131, nice adanm\u0131\u015flar\u0131, bir fiskeyle cehennemin dibine yollam\u0131\u015ft\u0131r.<\/p>\n \u0130\u015fte b\u00f6yle diyor eski d\u00fcnyan\u0131n ger\u00e7ek\u00e7i vaizleri. \u0130\u015fin k\u00f6t\u00fcs\u00fc herkes inan\u0131yor bu s\u00f6zlere. Yeni bir d\u00fcnya, yepyeni bir ahlak bi\u00e7imleniyor. Ya\u015fl\u0131 uygarl\u0131\u011f\u0131n, ya\u015fl\u0131 beyinleri uydurduklar\u0131 yalanlar\u0131n g\u00fcn\u00fcm\u00fcz yeni d\u00fcnyas\u0131n\u0131 nas\u0131l bi\u00e7imlendirdi\u011fini keyifle izliyor. Her \u015fey susmu\u015f, d\u00fcnya ele ge\u00e7irilmi\u015f gibi… Gibi diyorum \u00e7\u00fcnk\u00fc onlar da bu ger\u00e7ekli\u011fin k\u0131r\u0131lgan oldu\u011funu biliyorlar. \u00c7\u00fcnk\u00fc daha \u00f6nce de bunu ya\u015fad\u0131lar. B\u00fct\u00fcn bunlar\u0131n de\u011fi\u015febilece\u011finin fark\u0131ndalar. Prometeus’un \u00e7ald\u0131\u011f\u0131 ate\u015fin hi\u00e7 s\u00f6nmedi\u011fini hepimizden daha iyi biliyorlar. Evet o ate\u015f h\u00e2l\u00e2 yan\u0131yor; o ate\u015f insanl\u0131k kurulal\u0131 beri direnen, efendisiz, tanr\u0131s\u0131z, cesur, ba\u015fkas\u0131 i\u00e7in \u00e7ile \u00e7ekmeyi, ba\u015fkas\u0131 i\u00e7in \u00f6lmeyi g\u00f6ze alan, sevgili Ya\u015far Kemal’in \u00e7elimsiz karakteri ‘\u0130nce Memed’ gibi kahramanlar\u0131n y\u00fcre\u011finde yan\u0131yor. Ve Ya\u015far Kemal’in romanlar\u0131ndan insanl\u0131\u011f\u0131n ortak belle\u011fine d\u00fc\u015fen s\u00f6zler diyor ki: \u0130\u00e7indeki kahramana asla y\u00fcz \u00e7evirme. \u00c7\u00fcnk\u00fc umut h\u00e2l\u00e2 insandad\u0131r. Hay\u0131r demeyi bilen, olmaz demeyi bilen, kabul etmiyorum demeyi bilen insanda. Unutma sak\u0131n, hak i\u00e7in g\u00f6sterilen inat kutsald\u0131r.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ya\u015far Kemal’in \u0130nce Memed karakteri, devlerle d\u00f6\u011f\u00fc\u015fen T\u00fcrk masallar\u0131ndaki yi\u011fitlerden Homeros’un Ulysses’ine, Robin Hood’dan \u015eeyh Bedrettin’e kadar cesaretli, \u00f6zverili kahramanlar\u0131n ruhundan birer nefes alm\u0131\u015f gibidir Do\u011fdu\u011fum yer Antep, kahramanl\u0131k \u00f6yk\u00fcleriyle dolu bir yerdir. Sadece \u00f6yk\u00fcleriyle de\u011fil, ger\u00e7ek kahramanlar\u0131yla da \u00fcnl\u00fcd\u00fcr. Kurtulu\u015f Sava\u015f\u0131’n\u0131n unutulmaz kahramanlar\u0131 \u015eahin Bey, Karay\u0131lan ve bundan otuz y\u0131l \u00f6nce fa\u015fistlerce \u00f6ld\u00fcr\u00fclen, tan\u0131d\u0131\u011f\u0131m […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[137],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5031","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-edebiyat-turkiye"},"yoast_head":"\n