Datça

Renowned Turkish poet Can Yücel will soon be getting a new tombstone, more than three years after his grave, which is located in the garden of his house in the beautiful Aegean town of Old Datça, was vandalized.

Sculptor Mehmet Aksoy, who has been working on Yücel’s new tombstone for more than two months, said it would be ready “within a week or 10 days.”

Renowned Turkish poet Can Yücel’s tomb, which was damaged in August 2011 in the western province of Muğla’s Datça district, will be restored. The restoration will be carried out by sculptor Mehmet Aksoy, who built the tomb.