We have lost Nihat Genç. His life, which began in Trabzon, has come to an end in Ankara, the capital of our Republic.
We can use the epithet "l'Incorruptible," once used for Maximilien Robespierre, for Nihat Genç as well:
The incorruptible, unyielding Nihat Genç!
Trabzon and Ankara, where he bid farewell to life, will help me describe him.
He was a fighter, stubborn, harsh, yet extremely emotional. He was passionate. When he fought his battles, his pen was sharp and his words were heavy. As he rebelled against the betrayal of the Republic, the people, and the soil, water, and air of our country, his heart burned, and he poured out his feelings and thoughts like a rushing flood. While expressing the poverty he knew so well and the desperation of the people, he manifested anger and emotion simultaneously.
He was a Republican. We can use all the concepts that come to mind when we hear the name Ankara—which has represented our independence since the National Struggle—to define Nihat Genç. Republic, patriotism, populism, Atatürk, Anatolia, national sovereignty, science, enlightenment... His feet were planted on the soil of this country, and he thought in Turkish.
Despite the hardships and deprivations he faced, he did not turn his back on the Republic, nor did he fall into the unscrupulousness of saying, "I have seen no benefit from it." He did not compromise his personality to sit at the tables of the powerful.
If Nihat Genç is remembered with respect by almost everyone today, with the exception of a handful of degenerates, the main reason is that he was honest.
He did not sell himself or his pen. The reason he was ignored and sidelined by the establishment was that he did not betray the people. He did not hate the public. They ostracized Nihat Genç because he wrote and said things they did not want to hear. Even though he was subjected to a form of censorship by the so-called 'mainstream' garbage, he reached the people, and the people found Nihat Genç.
If he had wanted to, this corrupt system was ready to offer him every opportunity. He was more talented than all those polished, hollow figures. His stories and novels were impressive.
In the harsh climate of the 1990s, Nihat Genç was writing and fighting. While the Republic was being liquidated during the Ergenekon, Balyoz, and other frame-up trials, Nihat Genç was at the very front of the battle. You would see Nihat Genç in Silivri, you would see him in strike tents. While our country's soil, air, and water were being poisoned, Nihat Genç was resisting against giant corporations.
Parting ways with the publishing house that published his books at the time, following the article you will find linked below, became a badge of honor for him.
Nihat Genç will always live on through his struggle and his works.
May the Turkish nation have our condolences.
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