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 DRAWINGS
  
Piraye's mother Nurhayat 
  
Nâzım framed the portrait of Orhan Kemal by the following lines written by his friend on occasion of his departure from the Bursa prison:
 
COMIC FREEDOM 
yes 
it means 
it means three days later 
yes 
what you call 
       " Comic and sweet 
                                  F R E E D O M ! " 
" My most liked master 
my soul! " 
 
To leave the concrete,the iron and the dusty bulbs to others! 
 
yes 
this freedom, 
the bell, creaking locks, and guardians 
the yearning to leave all of these in behind! 
 
But to look at you 
standing under the blue skies 
to leave you in the prison. 
 
without iron and lock 
without dust on the bulbs and no guardians 
in a different prison I shall be. 
 
Yes 
this freedom you call 
COMIC! 
 
Trains come and go 
you can set your shadow on the street you want... 
 
Which freedom? 
Leave it my friend! 
O you blessed master of mine!.. 
 
                      As I leave Bursa Prison 
                                  24 September 1943 
                                  Raşit Kemal 
 
 
The first page of the letter sent to Piraye from Çankırı Prison 
on 23.02.1940 
 
The second page of the letter sent to Piraye from Çankırı Prison 
on 23.02.1940 
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