Yine Bitti Gün

Yine Bitti Gün (The Day Ended Again) presents a personal selection of poems written by Yüksel Özdemir from the 1990s to the present day. The author, raised on the philosophy of her Village Institute-educated parents, centers her Atatürkist and Republican identity in her life and work. The poems strongly express reverence and a sense of indebtedness to the heroes of national struggles, such as the Çanakkale War and the War of Independence. The work also conveys her dedication as a teacher to her profession and the enlightened legacy of the Village Institutes , while lyrically exploring personal themes like family, parental love, longing, despair, and solitude. These poems demonstrate her sensitivity to social issues (children's rights, violence) and political events (the ban on the "Andımız" student oath, the remembrance of Uğur Mumcu), serving as a journey into both the author's personal and societal past