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(Redirected from Sofa Poets Park) Sculpture by Gürdal Duyar and Park in Istanbul

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Şairler Sofası

Şairler Parkı

Şairler Sofası Parkı
The sculpture Şairler Sofası (1998) by Gürdal Duyar for which the park is named after. The sculpture depicts the poets Behçet Necatigil, Sabahattin Kudret Aksal, Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı, Oktay Rıfat, Orhan Veli, Neyzen Tevfik and Nigâr Hanım.
TypeUrban park
LocationVişnezade, Beşiktaş, Istanbul, Turkey
Coordinates41°04′21″N 29°00′03″E / 41.07250°N 29.00083°E / 41.07250; 29.00083
Created1998 (1998)
DesignerGürdal Duyar (sculpture)
Erhan İşözen (park)
One of the entrances of the park with its name on the board

A part of Beşiktaş Vişnezade Park is oriented under the name "Şairler Sofası". Şairler Sofası is the 1998 sculpture by Gürdal Duyar whose name the park goes by. The depicted characters in the sculpture as well as the figures depicted in the other sculptures in the greater park are 19th and 20th century poets who have mostly lived in and around Beşiktaş. In the sculpture Şairler Sofası, Duyar has composed it such that the poets are "hand in hand" and "shoulder to shoulder". It includes the poets Behçet Necatigil, Sabahattin Kudret Aksal, Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı, Oktay Rıfat, Orhan Veli, Neyzen Tevfik and Nigâr Hanım together in one composition. The Architectural design of the park was done by Erhan İşözen. The park was opened in 1998 together with the first sculptures. at the inauguration of the park the mayor of Beşiktaş, Ayfer Atay, said that the park will be a place where books will be signed and poems will be read. The park has become a place where more poets and other members of Turkish society were honored with monuments over the years.

The Sculptures

On the inauguration of the park in 1998, the park featured sculptures by Gürdal Duyar, Yunus Tonkuş and Namık Denizhan. Later on over the years new sculptures by them, and other sculptors, have been added to the park.

Year Depicted Poet(s) Name Sculptor
1998 Behçet Necatigil

Sabahattin Kudret Aksal

Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı

Oktay Rıfat

Orhan Veli

Neyzen Tevfik

Nigâr Hanım

Şairler Sofası Gürdal Duyar
1998 Nigar Hanım Namık Denizhan
1998 Neyzen Tevfik Namık Denizhan
1998 Behçet Necatigil Namık Denizhan
1998 Orhan Veli Kanık Namık Denizhan
1998 Melih Cevdet Anday Metin Yurdanur
1998 Oktay Rıfat Namık Denizhan
1998 Sabahattin Kudret Aksal Yunus Tonkuş
1998 Özdemir Asaf Özdemir Asaf Heykeli Namık Denizhan
2002 Necati Cumalı Necati Cumalı Gürdal Duyar
Cahit Külebi
2016 Ataol Behramoğlu Ataol Behramoğlu Heykeli Ali Yaldır

Zafer Dağdeviren

Derya Ersoy

2017 Alâeddin Yavaşça
1998 Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı Namık Demizhan
Süleyman Seba Neslihan Pala

Following the death of Necati Cumalı in 2001 a sculpture of Cumalı by Gürdal Duyar was added to the park in 2002. Since the initial opening of the park the sculptures of the poets Süleyman Seba by Neslihan Pala has also been added. On 13 April 2016 the sculpture of Ataol Behramoğlu was inaugurated. It was sculpted by Ali Yaldır, Zafer Dağdeviren and Derya Ersoy. In 2017 the sculpture of Alâeddin Yavaşça was erected. At some point a sculpture of Cahit Külebi has also been added.

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See also

Sources

References

  1. Sezer & Özyalçıner 2010.
  2. ^ Demir 1998.
  3. ^ Ertem 1998.
  4. Demir 2002.
  5. ^ "Ataol Behramoğlu Heykeli Açılış Töreni | BKS". BKS | Beşiktaş Kültür Sanat (in Turkish). Retrieved 2022-09-13.
  6. "Sanatçı Prof. Dr. Alaeddin Yavaşca'ya veda!". www.finansgundem.com (in Turkish). 2021-12-25. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
  7. ALKAÇ, Fırat. "Şairin heykelini ısınmak için yaktılar... Taş sandık fiber çıktı". www.hurriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Hürriyet. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
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