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Prosecutors are seeking up to 15 years in jail for an employee who provided a fake medical certificate with four-day sick leave to have a vacation in the southern province of Mersin, a popular tourist hotspot.

Published for the first time in Varlık magazine on Jan. 15, 1936, renowned short story writer Sait Faik Abasıyanık offers a glimpse into the world of an orphan named Trifon in his story "Stelyanos Hrisopulos Gemisi" (The Stelyanos Hrisopulos).

Turkey on May 11 commemorated Sait Faik Abasıyanık, a pioneer in modern Turkish literature, on the 66th anniversary of his death.

Abasıyanık was born on Nov. 18, 1906 in northwestern Sakarya province to businessman Mehmet Faik and Makbule Hanım.

Burgazada has lost nothing of its tranquil atmosphere in the years that have passed. This peaceful island welcomes you on the docks with the sight of its once-popular hotel Antigoni. The best way to explore the island is to take the words of the famous writer Sait Faik as your guide and plunge into the streets adorned with hundreds of years old mansions.

The second Talat Sait Halman Translation Award, which is given by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) in honor of Talat Sait Halman to support outstanding translations of literary works, was presented on Dec. 20 at a ceremony at the Nejat Eczacıbaşı building. 

'Turkey's Ever Present Past: Stories from Turkish Republican History' by Reuben Silverman (Libra Books, 242 pages, $45)

The Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (?KSV) has introduced a translation award in honor of Talât Sait Halman, who died last year, to support outstanding translations of literary works, including but not limited to poetry, short stories and novels. 

Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (?KSV) has introduced an award to support outstanding translations of literary works, including but not limited to poetry, short stories and novels, in honor of Turkey?s first minister of culture.

?A Useless Man: Selected Stories? by Sait Faik Abas?yan?k translated by Maureen Freely and Alexander Dawe (Archipelago Books, 240 pages, $18)

Turkey’s first ever culture and tourism minister, Talat Sait Halman, passed away on Dec. 4.

Halman was born in Istanbul in 1931. He studied at Istanbul’s Robert Collage and got his master’s degree in political science from Columbia University.