{"id":2815,"date":"2025-07-30T01:38:26","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T22:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hertelden.net\/?p=2815"},"modified":"2025-07-30T01:40:34","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T22:40:34","slug":"arap-kizi-kemale-afro-turkler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hertelden.net\/index.php\/2025\/07\/30\/arap-kizi-kemale-afro-turkler\/","title":{"rendered":"Arap K\u0131z\u0131 Kemale “AFRO T\u00dcRKLER”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Takvim yapraklar\u0131 1880’li y\u0131llar\u0131 g\u00f6steriyor\u2026 D\u00fcnyan\u0131n uzak k\u0131sm\u0131nda Kenya’n\u0131n Kikuyu kabilesine mensup yerliler, \u00e7ama\u015f\u0131r y\u0131kamak i\u00e7in, k\u00f6ylerine y\u00fcr\u00fcme mesafesindeki Hint Okyanusu’nun sahiline inmi\u015flerdi. G\u00f6z alabildi\u011fine uzanan harika bir kumsal, Bu kumsal Avrupal\u0131 denizciler aras\u0131nda \u201ck\u00f6le k\u0131y\u0131s\u0131\u201d olarak biliniyordu.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u00c7ama\u015f\u0131r y\u0131kayan yerliler hi\u00e7 bir \u015feyden habersizken korsanlar\u0131n sald\u0131r\u0131s\u0131na u\u011frad\u0131lar. Ka\u00e7maya \u00e7al\u0131\u015f\u0131rken i\u00e7lerinden \u00f6ld\u00fcr\u00fclenler oldu. Elleri kollar\u0131 ba\u011fland\u0131, zincire vuruldular, silah g\u00fcc\u00fcyle korsan gemilerine bindirildiler, eziyet g\u00f6re g\u00f6re, kam\u00e7\u0131lana kam\u00e7\u0131lana ambara indirildiler. Kad\u0131n, erkek, \u00e7ocuk, 100 kadar talihsiz yerli vard\u0131. \u0130brahim <\/strong>onlardan biriydi. E\u015fi ve hen\u00fcz iki ya\u015f\u0131ndaki o\u011flu Ahmet<\/strong>‘le birlikte yakalanm\u0131\u015ft\u0131.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

K\u00f6le olarak sat\u0131lmak \u00fczere me\u00e7hule do\u011fru yola \u00e7\u0131kt\u0131lar. Ka\u00e7 g\u00fcn, ka\u00e7 gece gittiklerini bilmiyorlard\u0131, sadece su ve kuru ekmek veriliyordu, karanl\u0131k, k\u00fcf ve idrar kokulu ambarda, ayaklar\u0131nda pranga, birbirlerine sar\u0131larak hayatta kalmaya gayret ediyorlard\u0131.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Girit’e vard\u0131lar. Her \u015feye ra\u011fmen, di\u011ferlerine g\u00f6re \u015fansl\u0131 say\u0131l\u0131rlard\u0131, \u00e7\u00fcnk\u00fc ay\u0131rmad\u0131lar, ailece satt\u0131lar. Resmo’da \u00e7iftlik sahibi olan, zengin bir Osmanl\u0131 ailesinin mal\u0131 olmu\u015flard\u0131. Y\u0131llarca \u00e7ok k\u00f6t\u00fc \u015fartlarda ya\u015fad\u0131lar, en pis, en a\u011f\u0131r i\u015flerde bo\u011faz toklu\u011funa k\u00f6lelik ettiler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0130brahim<\/strong> 20 y\u0131l kadar dayanabildi, yorgun ve k\u0131rg\u0131n kalbi durdu, rahmetli oldu. Ahmet b\u00fcy\u00fcm\u00fc\u015ft\u00fc, bir ba\u015fka k\u00f6le k\u0131zca\u011f\u0131zla evlendirdiler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Takvimler 1908’i g\u00f6sterirken, Yunanistan Girit’i ilhak etti, \u00e7ar\u015f\u0131 kar\u0131\u015ft\u0131. Resmo’daki Kandiye’deki \u00e7iftlik sahipleri, k\u00f6lelerini ufak ufak elden \u00e7\u0131karmaya, \u0130stanbul’a satmaya ba\u015flad\u0131lar. Ahmet hari\u00e7\u2026 Sahipleri son ana kadar ondan vazge\u00e7medi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1923\u2026 Ahmet’in k\u0131z\u0131 oldu. Hen\u00fcz k\u0131rk\u0131 \u00e7\u0131kmam\u0131\u015f, ad\u0131 konmam\u0131\u015fken, Lozan antla\u015fmas\u0131 gere\u011fince m\u00fcbadele ba\u015flad\u0131, ailesiyle gemiye bindi, Girit’teki T\u00fcrklerle beraber anavatana ge\u00e7ti, Ayval\u0131k’a ayak bast\u0131.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Osmanl\u0131 k\u00f6lesi Ahmet<\/strong>\u2026 Atat\u00fcrk Cumhuriyeti’nde e\u015fit yurtta\u015f oldu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

En ufak bir ayr\u0131m yapmayan gen\u00e7 T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti, sadece ba\u011fr\u0131na basmakla kalmad\u0131, Ayval\u0131k’ta ba\u015f\u0131n\u0131 sokabilece\u011fi bir ev, ge\u00e7inebilmesi i\u00e7in zeytin a\u011fa\u00e7lar\u0131 da verdi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00d6zg\u00fcr insan Ahmet\u2026 Mustafa Kemal’e hissetti\u011fi sevgiyi, \u00e7ocu\u011funa yans\u0131tt\u0131, k\u0131rk g\u00fcnl\u00fck minicik k\u0131z\u0131na \u201cKemale<\/strong>\u201d ad\u0131n\u0131 verdi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Y\u0131llar y\u0131llar\u0131 kovalad\u0131\u2026 Yoksulluk nedeniyle ilkokulu yar\u0131da b\u0131rakan Kemale, aile b\u00fct\u00e7esine katk\u0131 i\u00e7in terzinin yan\u0131nda \u00e7al\u0131\u015fmaya ba\u015flad\u0131, meslek edindi. B\u00fcy\u00fcd\u00fc serpildi, mahallenin delikanl\u0131s\u0131 Mehmet’e g\u00f6nl\u00fcn\u00fc kapt\u0131rd\u0131. Mehmet de Resmo do\u011fumlu, m\u00fcbadil bir ailenin \u00e7ocu\u011fuydu. Kemale siyahken, Mehmet sar\u0131\u015f\u0131n, mavi g\u00f6zl\u00fcyd\u00fc. \u00d6nceleri konu kom\u015fuyu bo\u015f ver, kendi aileleri i\u00e7in bile yad\u0131rgat\u0131c\u0131 bulundu ama, a\u015fk i\u015fte, \u00f6n\u00fcnde durabilmek m\u00fcmk\u00fcn m\u00fc.? \u00dc\u00e7 g\u00fcn \u00fc\u00e7 gece s\u00fcren d\u00fc\u011f\u00fcnle evlendiler. Boy boy, dokuz \u00e7ocuklar\u0131 oldu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Y\u0131l 1953\u2026 Kemale<\/strong> d\u00f6rt k\u0131zdan sonra be\u015finci \u00e7ocu\u011funu d\u00fcnyaya getirdi, erkekti, gene Mustafa Kemal’den yola \u00e7\u0131kara ad\u0131n\u0131 Mustafa koydu. Minik Mustafa, sar\u0131\u015f\u0131n babas\u0131na de\u011fil, annesine \u00e7ekmi\u015fti, dedesi Ahmet’in adeta genetik kopyas\u0131yd\u0131. Siyaht\u0131.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sokakta arkada\u015flar\u0131yla oynarken, kimse ona sen farkl\u0131s\u0131n demiyordu ama, o fark\u0131ndayd\u0131. Merak etmeye, annesine, ninesine sormaya ba\u015flad\u0131. Arkada\u015flar\u0131m, babam, herkes beyazken, ben, karde\u015flerim, annem niye siyah? Bu soruyu ne zaman sorsa, b\u00fcy\u00fcklerinin g\u00f6zleri kederle dolar, cevap vermezler, ge\u00e7i\u015ftirirlerdi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0130zmir’e ta\u015f\u0131nd\u0131lar. \u0130lkokulu bitirdi, ailenin maddi s\u0131k\u0131nt\u0131lar\u0131 nedeniyle devam edemedi, \u00e7al\u0131\u015fmak zorundayd\u0131, torna tesviye at\u00f6lyesinde i\u015fe girdi. Kitap okumaya inan\u0131lmaz merakl\u0131yd\u0131. Okuya okuya kendisini yeti\u015ftirdi. Askerlikten sonra, Halkevleri Derne\u011fi’nin aktif \u00fcyelerinden biri oldu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Y\u0131l 1978\u2026 Karaba\u011flar Halkevleri<\/strong>, silahl\u0131 sa\u011fc\u0131 bir grup taraf\u0131ndan bas\u0131ld\u0131. Mustafa<\/strong> sa\u011f baca\u011f\u0131ndan ve sa\u011f kolundan vuruldu. Ameliyat \u00fcst\u00fcne ameliyat, \u00f6l\u00fcmden d\u00f6nd\u00fc ama, sa\u011f kolu bir daha asla eskisi gibi \u00e7al\u0131\u015famad\u0131. Meslek de\u011fi\u015ftirmek zorunda kald\u0131, mermer ustas\u0131 oldu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sonra 12 Eyl\u00fcl darbesi oldu. Mustafa tutukland\u0131. Su\u00e7u falan yoktu ama, ihtiyaten bir sene yat\u0131r\u0131ld\u0131.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hapisten \u00e7\u0131kt\u0131ktan sonra kaleme sar\u0131ld\u0131. Hayat\u0131n\u0131 yazmaya karar vermi\u015fti. Kendi kendine y\u00f6neltti\u011fi ilk soru, \u00e7ocuklu\u011funun sorusuydu: Ben kimim?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ve, makaray\u0131 geriye sara sara, aile a\u011fac\u0131n\u0131n k\u00f6klerini ortaya \u00e7\u0131kard\u0131.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oturdu, ilk kitab\u0131n\u0131 yazd\u0131:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arap K\u0131z\u0131 Kemale<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Annesinin \u00f6yk\u00fcs\u00fcn\u00fc anlatt\u0131.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Arap
Arap Kad\u0131n Kemale<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Sonra ikinci kitab\u0131 \u201cK\u00f6le \u2013 Kenya, Girit, \u0130stanbul K\u0131y\u0131s\u0131ndan \u0130nsan Biyografileri<\/strong>\u201dni yazd\u0131. Bu kitap, Frans\u0131zca’ya \u00e7evrildi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ard\u0131ndan, t\u00fcm aile \u00f6yk\u00fcs\u00fcn\u00fc i\u00e7eren belgesel yap\u0131ld\u0131, tarihimizdeki k\u00f6lelik sistemini anlatan ilk belgeseldi, TRT’nin yan\u0131 s\u0131ra, Fransa’da, \u0130ngiltere’de, ABD’de Kanada’da yay\u0131nland\u0131.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belgeselin ad\u0131n\u0131 bizzat Mustafa koydu: \u201cArap K\u0131z\u0131 Camdan Bak\u0131yor!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ve Mustafa, yine tarihimizde ilk kez \u201cAfrikal\u0131lar K\u00fclt\u00fcr ve Dayan\u0131\u015fma Derne\u011fi\u201dni kurdu. 2006 y\u0131l\u0131nda derne\u011fin a\u00e7\u0131l\u0131\u015f t\u00f6renine, UNESCO K\u00f6le Yolu Projesi Ba\u015fkan\u0131 bile kat\u0131ld\u0131. K\u0131t kanaat imkanlarla faaliyet g\u00f6steren bu derne\u011fin \u00e7at\u0131s\u0131 alt\u0131nda mucizevi i\u015fler ba\u015fard\u0131, \u0130zmir’deki konferanslara d\u00fcnya \u00e7ap\u0131nda bilim insanlar\u0131 kat\u0131ld\u0131, T\u00fcrkiye fark\u0131nda bile de\u011fildi ama, \u201cAfro T\u00fcrk<\/strong>\u201d kavram\u0131n\u0131 d\u00fcnyaya tan\u0131tt\u0131.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bir g\u00fcn hayat\u0131n\u0131n en b\u00fcy\u00fck ideallerinden birini ger\u00e7ekle\u015ftirdi, \u0130zmir’de Dana Bayram\u0131<\/strong>‘n\u0131n kutlanmas\u0131n\u0131 sa\u011flad\u0131. (Dana Bayram\u0131, dini de\u011fildir, k\u00fclt\u00fcreldir, Afrika gelene\u011fidir, kabilenin ileri gelenleri ortakla\u015fa dana al\u0131r, may\u0131s\u0131n ilk haftas\u0131nda kurban edilir.) Afro T\u00fcrk Derne\u011fi<\/strong>‘nin Konak belediyesiyle ger\u00e7ekle\u015ftirdi\u011fi Dana Bayram\u0131 Festivali’nde, Alsancak sokaklar\u0131nda bir hafta boyunca Afrika r\u00fczgar\u0131 esti, Afrika kost\u00fcmleri, maskeleri, m\u00fczikleri ve danslar\u0131yla kortejler yap\u0131ld\u0131. Hayvan haklar\u0131na sayg\u0131 gere\u011fi, dana kurban edilmedi, hatta kortejde bile ger\u00e7ek dana yerine, dana maketi kullan\u0131ld\u0131. Piknik yap\u0131ld\u0131. Paneller yap\u0131ld\u0131. T\u00fcrkiye’nin gene haberi bile yoktu ama\u2026 Kanada’dan \u0130srail’den, k\u00f6lelik kavram\u0131 \u00fczerine d\u00fcnya otoritesi kabul edilen bilim insanlar\u0131 konu\u015fmac\u0131 olarak kat\u0131ld\u0131.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u015eahsi \u00e7abalar\u0131yla, adeta tek ba\u015f\u0131na m\u00fccadele ederek bu rengarenk bayram\u0131n kutlanmas\u0131n\u0131 sa\u011flayan Mustafa, hayat\u0131n\u0131n en mutlu g\u00fcnlerinden birini ya\u015fad\u0131.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oysa, a\u011f\u0131r hastayd\u0131. Dana Bayram\u0131 boyunca y\u00fcz\u00fcndeki tebess\u00fcm asla eksik olmad\u0131, kimseye belli etmedi ama, amans\u0131z hastal\u0131\u011f\u0131n neredeyse son evresindeydi. Son nefesine kadar \u00e7al\u0131\u015ft\u0131, didindi, \u00e7\u0131rp\u0131nd\u0131, Afro T\u00fcrk<\/strong> k\u00fclt\u00fcr\u00fcn\u00fcn tan\u0131nmas\u0131na katk\u0131 sa\u011flad\u0131.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ve sonunda kaybettik Mustafa<\/strong>‘y\u0131\u2026 Varyant’taki Fatih camisinde k\u0131l\u0131nan cenaze namaz\u0131 sonras\u0131nda, Pa\u015fak\u00f6pr\u00fcs\u00fc’nde topra\u011fa verildi. Sessiz sedas\u0131z. T\u00fcrkiye’nin ruhu bile duymad\u0131.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Mustafa Olpak<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

T\u00fcrkiye \u00e7ok de\u011ferli bir evlad\u0131n\u0131 kaybetti.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ad\u0131 Mustafa Olpak idi.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Siyaht\u0131, memleketin y\u00fcz “ak”\u0131yd\u0131.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Takvim yapraklar\u0131 1880’li y\u0131llar\u0131 g\u00f6steriyor\u2026 D\u00fcnyan\u0131n uzak k\u0131sm\u0131nda Kenya’n\u0131n Kikuyu kabilesine mensup yerliler, \u00e7ama\u015f\u0131r y\u0131kamak i\u00e7in, k\u00f6ylerine y\u00fcr\u00fcme mesafesindeki Hint Okyanusu’nun sahiline inmi\u015flerdi. G\u00f6z alabildi\u011fine uzanan harika bir kumsal, Bu kumsal Avrupal\u0131 denizciler aras\u0131nda \u201ck\u00f6le k\u0131y\u0131s\u0131\u201d olarak biliniyordu. \u00c7ama\u015f\u0131r y\u0131kayan yerliler hi\u00e7 bir \u015feyden habersizken korsanlar\u0131n sald\u0131r\u0131s\u0131na u\u011frad\u0131lar. Ka\u00e7maya \u00e7al\u0131\u015f\u0131rken i\u00e7lerinden \u00f6ld\u00fcr\u00fclenler oldu. Elleri kollar\u0131 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2819,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,49],"tags":[824,818,823,817,819,821,822,820,825],"class_list":["post-2815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hikayeler","category-tarih","tag-afro-turk-dernegi","tag-afro-turkler","tag-arap-kizi-camdan-bakiyor","tag-arap-kizi-kemale","tag-dana-bayrami","tag-girit","tag-istanbul-kiyisindan-insan-biyografileri","tag-kole-kenya","tag-mustafa-olpak"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hertelden.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hertelden.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hertelden.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hertelden.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hertelden.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2815"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hertelden.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2820,"href":"https:\/\/www.hertelden.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2815\/revisions\/2820"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hertelden.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hertelden.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hertelden.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hertelden.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}