This project illustrates the fire at a all girls dorm in Turkey. Many little girls died because the doors were locked on them. Using appropriation, I tried represent this tragedy. (Little Schoolgirl by Johann Georg Meyer von Bremen).
ISTANBUL (AP) — A fire at a middle school dormitory for girls in southern Turkey left 12 people dead and 22 injured Tuesday night, a Turkish governor and state-run media said
Little Schoolgirl by Johann Georg Meyer von Bremen, famous German artist
Kiz Cocugu
Saçlarım tutuştu önce,
gözlerim yandı kavruldu.
Bir avuç kül oluverdim,
külüm havaya savruldu.
Benim sizden kendim için
hiçbir şey istediğim yok.
Şeker bile yiyemez ki
kâat gibi yanan çocuk.
Çalıyorum kapınızı,
teyze, amca, bir imza ver.
Çocuklar öldürülmesin
şeker de yiyebilsinler.
(1956) Nazim Hikmet
Little girl (translation)
My hair was the first to catch the fire
My eyes burned and charred
I just became a handful of ashes
My ashes got scattered into the air
There’s nothing that
I’m asking you for myself
A child who was burned like a paper
can’t even eat candies
I’m knocking on your door…
Aunt, uncle, give a signature
Children shalln’t get killed
and be able to eat candies
(1956) Nazim Hikmet