My leaves are my eyes, I look in amazement
I watch you with one hundred thousand eyes, I watch Istanbul
Turkish poet Nâzım Hikmet Ran wrote those words about a tree in Gulhane Park, but after the recent protests in Istanbul, they seem to apply equally well to Gezi Park.
At the PEN Atlas, Kaya Genç has more on the “romantic communist’s” life, legacy, and relevance to today’s Turkey.
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