Our Interior Architecture and Environmental Design Department Student Suat Akyel's Second Book "Serdengeç" Has Been Released!

Our student Suat Akyel, who published his second book not long after his first book "Escape", answered our questions about his adventure as an author and his second book of poetry, "Serdengeç".
 
Hello Suat. First of all, congratulations on your second book. First of all, can you talk about the fact that you published your second book as a poem after the first book in the novel category, "Escape"? Why poetry?
Hello, thank you very much. Poetry is the tears or smile of literature… I can say that it is the expression of the emotions people experience. Of course, when you do this, you become independent of them, but when you cover the papers with those lines, you see the real meaning. Asking myself “Why poetry?” I didn't ask, of course, but I had a reason.
 
Where does the name Serdengeç come from? What kind of poems await the reader in the book?
As a matter of fact, our Turkish has the word serdengeçti rather than Serdengeçti. Its meaning is also defined as "fedai", that is, more "a person who can sacrifice himself for a purpose". But its meaning to me was derived from a completed poem of two lines, which I could not continue and which I actually thought was half. his book; These two lines that greet the reader right on the first page; I completed the lines that contain melancholy such as “You passed me by, I am serdengeç…” with the poems I wrote before. In other words, those lines that I thought were half were actually integrated with my other writings and thus Serdengeç emerged.
 
I would also like to ask about your adventure of writing a novel and a poetry book. Are there any differences or compelling aspects between the two? How would you compare these two?
Novel and poetry… They are two different paths that meet the same goal. Same letters, same words but different expressions. In the novel, the lines must have a context, meaning and an ongoing event, but my definition of the poem is; “It is a whole formed by the coming together of independent lines, it is magic”. In other words, while what is told in a line and what is said in the next or previous line can be independent of each other, in the end, they become a whole with a magic. Therefore, reading and writing poetry is another feeling.
 
You published your second book not long after your first book. Can you talk about the factors that affect your creativity and productivity in your writing journey? Where do you get your motivation and inspiration?
Actually, my only motivation is to produce. To turn it into a tangible asset. What accumulates inside of me stems from my wish not to accumulate on the papers on my desk. What I write should touch the eyes and touch the hearts. That's the only purpose. Reading more and producing more…
 
Finally, what advice would you give to the students of Istanbul Gelişim University?
This is what I will say to the students and fellow students of my school; there is an organization behind you that is open to development and teaching and that makes you feel its support in every good thing you do. Strive to produce and develop in any field. Because you have Development behind you…
 
We congratulate our student and wish him continued success.