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It
was around 6p.m. on Tuesday, December 12th 1999... The
phone rang.... -
Hello!.. Is it the newspaper Akþam (The Evening News) -
Yes it is. How can I help you? -Please
connect me to the division of Inci (the supplement of the newspaper
consisting of four pages).... -
Ok... Hold on please.... -
Hello... Who is speaking? -
I am the editor responsible for Inci... -
I would like to talk to you about a subject... Do you know the person who
is writing in the supplement Inci during the month of Ramadan in the
corner named ‘The Day’s Conversation’? -
No Sir, I don’t know him...
It is not obligatory for me to know all the writers.... This year
we have again provided a section for Mr. Ahmet Fevzi Yüksel’s essays
same as last year.
As he writes from
a different perspective, many people are interested in his essays and we
believe that the essays are helpful for them. He does not have an ordinary
style. We
choose and prefer the writers according to the wants of our readers. -
All right, everything that you have said is fine. However, the life of
this person does not have the same level as his essays. -
I am sorry, I could not understand.... -
That means his life is not in parallel with what he writes. This was what
I wanted to tell you. -
I see, then may I know you? -
I am a businessman. -
Then, please give us your full name and identity, so that during our
evaluations we can take your ideas into consideration. Please, give your
open address too... -
I cannot give my identity... -
Why? -
I told you, I cannot... -
Then I cannot take into account what you have said. Moreover, I must say
that as a paper we are not interested with individuals themselves but
their ideas. Meanwhile,
the person at the other end of the line hangs up. When
I was informed about this conversation, I looked at the event and
evaluated it from an objective from point of
view, not subjectively. I
have determined that the important thing was the place from which this
speech had emerged, not the individual himself alone. Things
like these always happen when science
is not in parallel with one’s life, when science is not in connection
with one’s life. Science
is a completely different subject than life. This
should be the conclusion gained out of meditation and reasoning. I
must take into consideration this important warning in order to pass from
the stage of imitation to the stage of investigation.... Hoping
to meet you next week.... Ahmet F.Yuksel
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