“Once more in that hour of darkness
In dark black waters they arise
Dark songs pass before their eyes
They lie awake gazing into darkness”

—  Ataol Behramoğlu

"Black Song" ["Kara Şarki"]
I've Learned Some Things (2008)

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Turkish writer 1942

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