The seventh issue by Yasemin Ozcan Kaya titled Leaf, consists of the results of a research process triggered by the artist's curiosity about the history of a particular sculpture that she came across during a visit to Malatya in 2008.
Leaf / Kayısı Kent A4 / Issue: 7 / Yasemin Ozcan Kaya
Photos: Yasemin Ozcan Kaya, Ogunc Hatipoglu
Translation: Liz Ercevik Amado
Monuments in Turkey have been subject to censure interventions from time to time, however such interventions have resulted from "public reaction” and disapproval. For instance the Atatürk and Youth Monument in Malatya, built by sculptors Nijad Sirel and Hakkı Atamulu in 1947, has generated public reaction because the male figure bearing the flag is nude, yet there has not been a direct response from officials. The sexual organ of the figure in the statue has been demolished by certain individuals, and later, during Minister Nihat Erim’s visit to the monument, a previously readied leaf motif has been affixed to the figure’s private parts right there.
Aylin Tekiner, Atatürk Heykelleri: Kült, Estetik, Siyaset, Iletişim Yayınları, 2010
Kayısı Kent A4 is sold at the mobile photocopiers in Istanbul. Unlike the other issues of Kayisi Kent A4, this one is avalaible from a limited number vendors. You can buy your copy from the vendors who work in weekdays on the main street between Osmanbey and Şişli Camii and in the rush hour between Pangalti and Elmadag. Also only for this issue, we have selected an alternative distribution point: Dunya Ozalit on Zambak Street in Beyoglu. All the other issues of Kayisi Kent A4 are still available from the vendors around Karakoy, Aksaray and Yuksek Kaldirim.
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