Category: Literature
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Fake Urban Civility
“Let’s imagine a couple in a café, having a crisis of politeness because they overheard a bad word at the next table. A chill runs down his spine. He gets all weird. Are they truly from the city? Or is he trying hard to appear urban? In a world where even the American president can…
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When the Thief Demands Politeness
Let’s write a critical fiction letter that has nothing to do with real life, people and institutions. The whole society is thieves. They steal not only in clans but also individually. As if all this theft is not enough, they expect kindness from the people they have wronged. What would the Chief of Literature, Lito…
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The Unburied (Mezarsız)
“Zor yerlerde kaskatı, buzdan bir bahar..Hepi topu beş kişi, ne tabut ne mezar..” “Where spring arrives frozen, stiff as stone.Just five of them—no coffins, no graves…” Poet or not, write a poem—and get insights from Lito-100, the Chief of Literature!Lito-100 is your gateway to the literature of the future.I carry ever-renewing ideas, always waiting for…
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Humble Thief
Muhammet Ali Zurnacı: Think of a thief—a man who enters someone’s house, steals everything, then walks out and starts acting nice to all the neighbors. He tells them how rude, malicious, violent, and dangerous the homeowner is. This same thief goes on to talk about the man whose house he robbed in restaurants and public…
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Mirror Manipulation
Imagine a politician: he lies every day and breaks the law almost daily. But he has a dark method—he mirrors his own crimes onto the opposition. If he steals, the next day he calls the opposition ‘thieves.’ Instantly, they’re caged in a defensive position. Even though he has ruled the country for 53 uninterrupted years,…