Selam to the Barbarian….
To Black Fatma in the trenches, the Blond Bride in Erzurum, Red Beard in the seven seas…
To River Danube who refused to flow.
To the dervish who died and married god…
To threes, fives, sevens, forties, thousands… and the lovers of 124 prophets.
To the Mehmetçik who built monuments to honor the Jonnies…
Selam my barbarian mothers and fathers…
You have occupied time and space…
