26.09.2013 Ankara
The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) published a prestige edition of “The Light Which Descends Upon the Desert” to commemorate one of the great names in Turkish literary and philosophical world, Necip Fazıl Kısakürek on the 30th anniversary of his passing.
The book, distributed
at the Awards Ceremony for the Essay Competition on the “Great Eastern Thought
and the Characteristics of the Ideal Turkish Youth in the Works of Necip Fazıl
Kısakürek” organized in cooperation by the Union Association Ankara Branch and
the National Education Ankara Province Directorate and attended by Prime
Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, also made a tremendous impression on the
cultural community.
Speaking about Necip
Fazıl and the ceremony, TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “I would
like to thank everyone who contributed to creating this occasion on the 30th
anniversary of the passing of Necip Fazıl Kısakürek, one of the great Turkish
thinkers.
I was fortunate
enough to meet and listen to the conversation of Necip Fazıl in the 90’s and I
am grateful to be able to do something in his dear memory.”
In his conversation
with students, Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “I would like you to know that as long as
the world exists and we live together with all of these beautiful people in our
beautiful homeland, Necip Fazıl and great people like him will have made a
contribution to that happiness with their efforts.
“The Light Which
Descends Upon the Desert” will inspire you and give you joy for life. When you
are down and your heart is darkened and the hardships of life afflict you, read
this book. Each time you read it at various points in your life, you will
discover new things and you will love the most precious person of this world,
our prophet more and more with each passing day. You will love him through
understanding him from the heart.”
