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Why people should talk more about Nilgün Marmara

In my opinion, Turkish people should talk about Nilgün Marmara more. She was inspired by the author Sylvia Plath (I didn't read any of her works but I plan to) and I can see that many people know her and some even people adore her, even on some platforms (like Pinterest) I came across many people who idolize her. In my opinion, Nilgün Marmara is underrated, she isn't rated at all. I want more people to learn about her and her works, she deserves it. She had a book named "Kağıtlar" (which translates into "Papers" in Turkish) which was published after her death. As you may guess she wasn't the one who published it, it was her husband Kağan Önal. Her husband made the statement "I didn't know she wrote down poems, she was scribbling while she was sitting in a corner.".  She used to write down some poems with INSANE metaphors, metaphors only she can understand. She had bipolar disorder as well but she didn't take her meds nor did she take a break from her career as a poet. After some time she started to experience paranoid delusions and this made her see everyone as a possible threat - even her own family-. On 13 October 1987, after leaving a farewell note to her loved ones, with the impact of depressive episodes she committed suicide. Again in her book "Kağıtlar" we can somewhat see what her bipolar episodes felt like. To sum it all up I think it's a great opportunity that we get to see her side of how she dealt with things and her perspective. Even though it's full of metaphors we don't understand...


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