Pulların Savaşı / Battle of the Stamps
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Autor:
Ülkü Tamer
Country:
Turkey (TR)
Book Theme:
Evergreen children’s book (8-12 years)
Publisher:
ÇINAR Publishing House
Publishing Year:
2009
Ülkü Tamer, born on February 20, 1937, in Gaziantep, completed his secondary education in Istanbul. He graduated from Robert College in 1958 and later studied at the Istanbul University Journalism Institute for a while. Between 1964 and 1968, he pursued acting in private theaters before shifting his focus to translation work.He managed Milliyet Publications and directed Milliyet Çocuk (Children), Milliyet Sanat Dergisi (Art Magazine), and Sanat Olayı Magazine.His first poem was published in the “Kaynak” magazine in 1954. His poetry gained recognition through publications in various magazines such as Pazar Postası, Yelken, Yeditepe.
National Award for Children’s and Young People’s
Abstract
Cem had 418 stamps. He had collected them all in a huge album, arranging Turkish stamps at the beginning and foreign stamps at the end. Cem’s interest in stamp collecting was sparked by his father, who had some beautiful stamps. Cem’s father was a doctor. One night, while reviewing his stamps, the phone rang. A close friend had fallen ill and they were calling him. Apparently, it was a serious illness. Cem’s father rushed to the bedroom, woke his wife, and explained the situation. “I might not be able to come tonight,” he said, jumped into his car, and left. He was so flustered that he even forgot to put away the stamp album he had been looking at. However, every night he would lock all his notebooks in the cupboard.Since Cem was asleep, he didn’t notice the album left behind. But Cem’s stamps did. They immediately held a meeting. The moment they had been waiting for had arrived. They were about to visit the other stamps.
