{"id":14010,"date":"2022-02-19T13:33:12","date_gmt":"2022-02-19T10:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tkp.org.tr\/?p=14010"},"modified":"2022-02-19T13:33:12","modified_gmt":"2022-02-19T10:33:12","slug":"the-23-cent-soldier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tkp.org.tr\/en\/agenda\/the-23-cent-soldier\/","title":{"rendered":"The 23 Cent Soldier"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nTranslated by: Tayfun G\u00f6l<\/em><\/p>\n

The 23 Cent Soldier<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mister Dalles,<\/p>\n

It would be unfair to hide this from you,<\/p>\n

life is a bit expensive in our country.<\/p>\n

For example, you can buy two hundred grams of meat, mutton,<\/p>\n

for 23 cents in Ankara,<\/p>\n

or two kilos of dry onions,<\/p>\n

or a little over a kilo of lentils,<\/p>\n

fifty centimeters of shroud or,<\/p>\n

or a man in his twenties<\/p>\n

for a month.<\/p>\n

male,<\/p>\n

All his limbs, mouth and nose in place,<\/p>\n

With his uniform and his automatic rifle on,<\/p>\n

In other words, ready to kill, ready to be killed,<\/p>\n

maybe coward like a rabbit,<\/p>\n

maybe smart like the earth<\/p>\n

maybe brave as the youth,<\/p>\n

maybe cunning as the water<\/p>\n

(a matter of filling every cup it is poured in) ,<\/p>\n

maybe he will see the sea for the first time in his life,<\/p>\n

maybe he is interested in hunting, or maybe he is in love.<\/p>\n

Or, on that same account, Mister Dalles<\/p>\n

(that is to say for 23 cents each)<\/p>\n

they sell you thirty-five of these soldiers at once<\/p>\n

Monthly rent of a single room in \u0130stanbul,<\/p>\n

eighty-five six-tenths or<\/p>\n

for a pair of shoes.<\/p>\n

There is only one matter, Mister Dalles,<\/p>\n

I guess they hid this from you:<\/p>\n

That soldier they sold you for 23 cents a piece,<\/p>\n

existed before you put on your uniform,<\/p>\n

existed without an automatic rifle and all,<\/p>\n

existed only as human<\/p>\n

He existed, you will find that strange,<\/p>\n

already existed, for a long long while,<\/p>\n

before your state was even named.<\/p>\n

He existed, he was busy with his work,<\/p>\n

for example, Mister Dalles,<\/p>\n

While only winds were blowing where your New-York is now,<\/p>\n

he built lead domes<\/p>\n

as high as the sky,<\/p>\n

majestic, deep.<\/p>\n

Silk was embroidered in his hand like the gardens of Bursa.<\/p>\n

He carved the marble like a carpet,<\/p>\n

and from one bank of the river to the other<\/p>\n

Forty-arched bridges he built like a rainbow.<\/p>\n

There’s more, Mister Dalles,<\/p>\n

While the meaning of words in your language was not even clear yet,<\/p>\n

words like persecution,<\/p>\n

like freedom,<\/p>\n

your words like brotherhood,<\/p>\n

he was already fighting against oppression,<\/p>\n

and for independence and freedom<\/p>\n

and inviting the nations to the table of brotherhood,<\/p>\n

and to declare<\/p>\n

everything and<\/p>\n

everywhere to be shared<\/p>\n

except the cheek of one\u2019s lover,<\/p>\n

He followed the steps of Bedreddin<\/p>\n

He is the machinist Hasan, the peasant Mehmet, the teacher Ali.<\/p>\n

The final mastery of his fist like a rock:<\/p>\n

That is 922 is September 9th.<\/p>\n

As I said Mister Dalles,<\/p>\n

They probably hid all this from you,<\/p>\n

The price is a bargain, there must be some problem<\/p>\n

So do not be surprised,<\/p>\n

If tomorrow he costs you dearly,<\/p>\n

this 23 cent soldier,<\/p>\n

That is to say my poor, my brave, my hardworking nation,<\/p>\n

The Turkish nation, grand like every other nation. (1953)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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