Dergi Bursa / EYLÜL 2018 / Sayı 50

58 bakış açısı point of view Cansever de Kapalıçarşı’da antikacıymış ama hiç ilgisi yokmuş, ortağı aşağıda müşterilerle ilgilenirken o yukarda şiir yazarmış hep. Fakat şunu biliyoruz; Cemal Süreya İstanbul’a gelir ve Cağaloğlu’nda küçük bir daire tutar. Papirüs dergisini çıkaracak ama cebinde para yok. O sırada Edip Cansever gelir içeriye ve yerdeki halıyı görünce siz bunun üstüne mi basıyorsunuz diyerek halıyı alır gider. Meğer halı antikadır ve halının parasıyla dergiyi çıkarırlar. BİSİKLETİN DEĞERİ BİLİNMİYOR Bisikleti ise edebiyatımızda bisikleti şairler nasıl görmüş diye ben araştırdım. Yani benim edebiyata kattığım bir şeydir. İlk bisiklet şiirini Tevfik Fikret yazmış ve “hayatı birkaç adım fazla koşturup yormak ” diyerek bisikleti beğenmemiştir aslında. Sonra Nazım Hikmet’in şiirinde var, velosipet diye geçer. Tarih gazetesinde bir haber hatırlıyorum 1895 yılında galiba, bir Avrupalı bisikletle İstanbul’a geliyor ve oradan Bursa’ya geçiyor. Ne yazık ki günümüzde Türkiye’de hala bisiklet bir çocuk, bir gençlik aracı olarak görülüyor, bisiklet kullananlar hep idealist insanların çabasında kalıyor. Kentin planlanmasında bisiklete yer verilmemesi, değerinin anlaşılmaması, anlatılamaması gibi nedenlerle benim de çocukluk anılarımda kaldı. Bisikletin bu toplumda hak ettiği yere kavuştuğunu maalesef söyleyemeyiz. something that I contributed to literature. The first poem on bicycles was written by Tevfik Fikret who actually did not like them as he resembled riding bikes to, “making life run several steps more”. Then comes Nazım Hikmet’s poem in which they are called “velosipet”. I remember an article in the newspaper called Tarih, I think it was in 1895, a European comes to Istanbul on bike and from there goes on to Bursa. Unfortunately, a child in modern Turkey still considers bicycles as a vehicle for children or young people; those who actually ride bikes do so through their own idealistic efforts. Unfortunately, it remains in my childhood memories as well since bicycles are not taken into consideration when making urban plans and the fact that they have not been given the praise they deserve. We cannot say that bicycles have reached a spot they deserve in this society. HAMMOCKS ARE ONE’s CHILDHOOD LOVE What do you feel and think when you hear the word hammock? Hammocks are one’s childhood love and I don’t believe that there are people who do not like them. Some furniture has a unique place in people’s lives with regard to sparing time for yourself, e.g. rocking chairs. Hammock actually means tree. It means the shadow of the leaves of trees or the sound of the wind. It is our marine life on land, not surprising that it is a culture brought about by sailors. There is a certain delight in building a coast between two trees, like you are lying down on the sea. There were hammocks in Trabzon as well and there would be one at a corner somewhere at both the coasts where the sailors were and also in state camps. It’s magical to swing on a hammock… A place where you can stay away from all the toil and distress of life and be with yourself. If I was a psychiatrist I would have my patients lie on a hammock instead of a couch (laughing). Because one feels freer, lets one’s own self go and sheds away all outer shells. WE CANNOT PRESERVE OUR NATURE AND HISTORY So now, let’s talk about the ever declining greenery and nature that we have failed to protect. Actually all our actions are not more than replacing what we have destroyed, isn’t it? Let’s not fool ourselves; we will not be able to preserve our nature and history. Because the idea of preservation spreads out over a country from museums. If a country has museums, the individuals of that country preserve their