Attila İlhan and his peers were the first sons of the Turkish Republic. They changed Turkey.

Only poets lived at that time, they expressed themselves with their poems... How else could they express themselves?

They all mentioned the same thing in their poems; “Freedom”. Some of the authorities didn’t want people to hear this. So to obtain freedom was challenging.But they never gave up, and they never will...

One of them was Attila ILHAN.

DUVAR (THE WALL): This is his first poem book. It is about freedom and love. 1948

I’M COMPELLED TO YOU: 1960

THE RAIN ABSCOND ER Being criticized by the love poems he wrote in advance, Attila İ lhan wrote this love book on purpose. In this book he portrays the different countries, harbors, people and cultures he met in his journeys.

WHAT WAS LEFT BEHIND “GRİEF” 1982

“SEPARATION” A PART OF LOVE 1993

BELA CICEGI (TROUBLE FLOWER(1973) YASAK SEV İŞ MEK ( 1952 ) FORBIDDEN TO MAKE LOVE

BÖYLE BİR SEVMEK TO LOVE LIKE THIS (1977) KİMİ SEVSEM SENSİN WHOEVER I LOVE IS YOU (2002) T UTUKLUNUN GÜNLÜĞÜ THE PRISONER’S DIARY ( 1973)

HACO HANIM VAY MRS HACO 1984

ZENC İ LER B İ RB İ RLER İ NE BENZEMEZ BLACK PEOPLE DON’T RESEMBLE 1957

O KARANLIKTA B İ Z WE IN THAT DARKNESS 1988

GAZ İ PASH A 1955

SIRTLAN PAYI PAY OF HYENA (1974) DERSAADET’TE SABAH EZANLARI MORNING PRAYS- EZANS- IN DERSAADET ALLAHIN SÜNGÜLERİ THE STABS OF THE GOD (2002) YARAYA TUZ BASMAK HURT TO HEAL (1978) BIÇAĞIN UCU THE EDGE OF KNIFE (1972) SOKAKTAKİ ADAM THE MAN IN THE STREET (1953)

KURTLAR SOFRASI (THE TABLE OF WOL VES -1963) O SARI Ş IN KURT ( THAT BLONDE WOLF )

YENGECİN KISKACI THE CLAMP OF A CRAB 1999 While Attila İ lhan was writing this story, he attempted to visualize his characters and settings for his readers.To achieve this target, he used a very descriptive language. As a result readers have an opportunity to concretize the events and the characters in the story.

ABBAS YOLCU TIME TO GO (1957) YANLIŞ KADINLAR YANLIŞ ERKEKLER WRONG WOMEN WRONG MEN (1985)

Hangi Sol - Which Left (1970) Hangi Atatürk - Which Atatürk (1981) Hangi Batı- Which West (1972) Hangi Laiklik - Which Secularism (1995) Hangi Seks -Which Se x (1976) Hangi Edebiyat - Which Literature (1993) Hangi Sağ - Which Right ( 1980)

BİR SAP KIRMIZI KARANFİL A BRANCH OF CARNATION (1988) YILDIZ, HİLAL VE KALPAK STAR, MOON AND CALPAC (2004)

BASEL’ İ N ÇANLARI BASEL’ S BELLS (ARAGON) UMUT HOPE (MALRAUX) KANTON’DA İSYAN Revulation in Kanton (MALRAUX)

Yanlızlıklar Rıhtımı- Lonliness Dock (1959) Ate ş ten Damla- Tears from Fire(1960) Ver Elini İstanbul- Give Your Hand İstanbul (1962) Paranın Kiri- The Dirt of Money (1979) Kartallar Yüksek Uçar- Eagles Fly High (1984) Yarın artık Bugündür- Tomorrow Is Today (1986) Yıldızlar Gece Büyür- Stars Gets Bigget At Nights (1992) Tele-Fla ş (1993)