Irfan Orga (1908–1970)
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- Fødselsdato
- 1908-10-31
- Dødsdag
- 1970-11-29
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- Turkey
- Bopæl
- Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
- Erhverv
- air force officer
diplomat - Relationer
- Orga, Ates (daughter)
- Organisationer
- Turkish Air Force (captain|1942-1946)
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Portrait of a Turkish Family af Irfan Orga
A very well-written account of the author's family in Istanbul during the early years of 1900. Read in preparation for our trip to Turkey.
A tremendously beautiful and sad memoir; the author recalls his privileged Istanbul upbringing in the early 20th century. Servants, luxury, loving parents, holidays on a family estate, and visits to the Turkish Baths...all set amid beside the glittering Bosphorous.
Suddenly this was all ripped away with the onslaught of WW1....the men sent off to die, the women selling off their treasures and moving into lowly accommodation. As the family begin to starve, and his cosseted mother has to find factory work, the children are sent off to a charity school...
And things can never really be repaired thereafter....the boys forever feeling cast off; the mother suffering mental health problems from her privations. While the author made it through military school and flew for the Turkish Air Force, his later like in UK was beset by difficulties
Lovely writing.… (mere)
Suddenly this was all ripped away with the onslaught of WW1....the men sent off to die, the women selling off their treasures and moving into lowly accommodation. As the family begin to starve, and his cosseted mother has to find factory work, the children are sent off to a charity school...
And things can never really be repaired thereafter....the boys forever feeling cast off; the mother suffering mental health problems from her privations. While the author made it through military school and flew for the Turkish Air Force, his later like in UK was beset by difficulties
Lovely writing.… (mere)
Orga describes a journey back from his adopted home of London to his country of birth, Turkey. From a brief family link up in Izmir, he heads south west, to meet an old friend near Konya, and later, to spend time on Mt Kara Dag with the nomadic Yoruk people. Fairly interesting read.
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- Værker
- 8
- Also by
- 1
- Medlemmer
- 428
- Popularitet
- #57,056
- Vurdering
- 3.7
- Anmeldelser
- 17
- ISBN
- 25
- Sprog
- 5