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A Turkish writer and a German turkologist, a 30-year friendship... Books, spare parts, translations, paints, leaflets and even inflatable women shuttling on international roads. Political struggles in the difficult days of 1980s Turkey; TYS, Petition of Intellectuals, BİLAFL The letters brought together in this book bear witness to the story of not only two people but also two countries. “At the beginning of our correspondence, I was 29 years old, he was 53; I was German, he was Turkish; I was going to be an academic (I hoped so), he was a writer; he had already left behind several years of prison experience, I had never been imprisoned; he was famous, I was a student; he had already published many works, I was just starting out on this path. I will preserve these letters as long as I live.” From the foreword by Klaus Liebe-Harkort