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𝘛𝘶𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 - 𝘛𝘶𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘍𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 - 𝘛𝘶𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘼𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙡 23, 𝘼 𝙃𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 — 𝑺𝑯𝑶𝑹𝑻 𝑺𝑻𝑶𝑹𝒀 𝒃𝒚 𝑺𝒆𝒍𝒎𝒂 𝑨𝒚𝒅ı𝒏 (𝘈 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘥 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵. — 𝑺𝒆𝒍𝒎𝒂 𝑨𝒚𝒅ı𝒏) The story is about a little girl who was going enthusiastically to attend the celebrations of April 23 — National Sovereignty and Children’s Day (declared by Mustafa Kamal Ataturk) — but a day before the celebrations her mother fells ill and is admitted to the hospital before sewing her ritual costume. 𝑺𝒆𝒍𝒎𝒂 𝑨𝒚𝒅ı𝒏 has deftly depicted the feelings and sufferings of the little girl. “𝘔𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘩𝘶𝘨𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘯. 𝘏𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘩.”And “𝘞𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘬...” .... Read full short story in 𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓛𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓸 𝓛𝓮𝔁𝓲𝓬𝓸𝓷.

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