April 23, A Holiday Story — SHORT STORY 𝒃𝒚 Selma Aydın
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Born in 1965 in Zonguldak, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti (Republic of Turkey). She studied her primary, secondary and high education in this city. She is studying Turkish Language and Literature Department of Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University. With the reflection of the dream world of her childhood and the geography she lived in, she has come to this day in her journey as a writer. She started hosting in 1999. She took and still takes an active part in official and private presentations. In 2010, Selma Aydın realized another of her dreams with a TV program that she produced and hosted. She was the live broadcast guest of several programs on national TV channels. She staged many poetry recitals and concerts consisting of her own works in Zonguldak and surrounding districts. Selma Aydın, who has nearly 100 musical works with lyrics and compositions of her own, had her name written by TRT as a composer with her first composition. She copestone her admiration for the land of her birth with the𝘡𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘢𝘬 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 she composed. Continuing her music education, the author also learned playing Oud. At the “Eurasion Poets and Artists” meeting in 2018; as a poet and writer, she was invited to Azerbaijan as a guest. She was accepted as a member of MESAM (Turkish Musical Work Owners Professional Association) on September 6, 2021. Selma Aydın has published collections of her poems:𝘒ı𝘳𝘬ı𝘮𝘥𝘢𝘯 𝘚𝘰𝘯𝘳𝘢 𝘈𝘻𝘮𝘢𝘥ı𝘮, 𝘒ı𝘳𝘬ı𝘮𝘥𝘢𝘯 Ö𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘠𝘢𝘻𝘮𝘢𝘥ı𝘮 - 2011, 𝘙𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘣𝘦𝘵 𝘉ö𝘤𝘦𝘬𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘪 - 2013, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘠𝘰𝘭𝘴𝘶𝘻 𝘋𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯, Ü𝘷𝘦𝘺 Ş𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘦𝘳 - 2016. The author, who published a children’s book titled 𝘖𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘬 𝘕𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘏𝘪𝘬𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘪 – 2022. She recently met with her readers with her poetry book 𝘈ş𝘬 Ş𝘢𝘪𝘳’𝘪𝘯 𝘒ı𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘳. The author’s novel called 𝘒ü𝘭 is expected to be published soon. Selma Aydın won the Müfide Güzin Anatolian Special Jury Award for her book 𝘖𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘬 𝘕𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘏𝘪𝘬𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘪.Selma Aydın, who has also been writing for the local 𝘏𝘢𝘭𝘬ı𝘯 𝘚𝘦𝘴𝘪 newspaper for 9 years, is married and has 2 children and 2 grandchildren.
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was born on 05.03.2003 in Sakarya, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti (Republic of Turkey). She completed primary, secondary and high school in Sakarya. Now she is a 2nd year student of English Language and Literature at Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University.
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was born on 16.08.2002 in Kütahya, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti (Republic of Turkey). She completed a period of her education in Kütahya and is currently studying in the second grade at Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University, Department of English Language and Literature.
Preparations were being made in our school, as in all schools, to celebrate April 23 National Sovereignty and Children’s Day. In addition to the students who volunteered for the holiday activities, our teachers also selected a few students they deemed suitable and assigned them some special tasks according to the flow of the holiday program.