Famed Turkish author Orhan Kemal’s house in Istanbul for sale
Cristiana Gigina
ISTANBUL The house of Orhan Kemal , one of the masters of Turkish literature, located in the metropolis of Istanbul’s Fatih district, has been put on sale by the owner for 10 million Turkish Liras. The prominent writer resided in the house between 1954 and 1966, describing this indigent district of Istanbul and its people in many of his novels. Işık Öğütçü, the son of Kemal, who was born in this house in 1957 and grew up there, claims that the owners refused to let him purchase the house back
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