Bazen okudu\u011funuz bir kitap, beyninizde \u015fim\u015fekler \u00e7akt\u0131r\u0131r.<\/p>\n
Richard Zimler\u2019in \u2018Yedinci Kap\u0131\u2019 adl\u0131 yap\u0131t\u0131, i\u015fte o kitaplardan biri.<\/p>\n
Onur, cesaret, ilke ve a\u015fk\u0131n \u00f6yk\u00fcs\u00fc Yedinci Kap\u0131, 1930\u2019lu y\u0131llarda, Adolf Hitler\u2019in iktidara y\u00fcr\u00fcd\u00fc\u011f\u00fc y\u0131llar\u0131n Berlin\u2019inde ge\u00e7iyor. Roman\u0131n anlat\u0131c\u0131s\u0131, Sophie,14 ya\u015f\u0131nda Hristiyan bir Alman gen\u00e7 k\u0131z. Babas\u0131, Komunist Parti sempatizan\u0131 bir kimyager.Baba,Naziler iktidar geldi\u011finde pek \u00e7ok di\u011fer Alman gibi, taraf de\u011fi\u015ftirip, Nazi Partisine kat\u0131l\u0131yor. Annesi, i\u00e7ine kapan\u0131k ve titiz bir ev han\u0131m\u0131. Yak\u0131nlar\u0131 taraf\u0131ndan \u2018uzakta\u2019 diye tan\u0131mlanan, nasyonal sosyalistlerin ise \u2018\u00fcst\u00fcn \u0131rk\u2019 tan\u0131m\u0131na uymad\u0131\u011f\u0131 i\u00e7in yokedilmesi gerekenler listesine ald\u0131\u011f\u0131 \u00a0otistik k\u00fc\u00e7\u00fck erkek karde\u015f Hansi ise kendi d\u00fcnyas\u0131nda ya\u015f\u0131yor. Sophie, \u00e7o\u00e7ukluk arkada\u015f\u0131na a\u015f\u0131k olunca, cinsellik de ya\u015fam\u0131n\u0131n \u00f6nemli bir par\u00e7as\u0131 haline geliyor. Erkek arkada\u015f\u0131 babas\u0131 gibi Nazilere kat\u0131ld\u0131\u011f\u0131nda ise, ya\u015fam\u0131ndaki erkekleri, ailelerini korumak, mesleklerinde ilerlemek i\u00e7in bu tercihi yapt\u0131klar\u0131 varsay\u0131m\u0131yla ho\u015f g\u00f6r\u00fcyor.<\/p>\n
Berlin\u2019li Yahudilerin ya\u015fam\u0131n\u0131n herge\u00e7en g\u00fcn k\u00f6t\u00fcle\u015fti\u011fi g\u00fcnlerde, Sophie, kendisinden epey ya\u015fl\u0131 Yahudi kom\u015fu, i\u015fadam\u0131 \u0130saac Zarco ve Zarco\u2019nun arkada\u015f grubuyla tan\u0131\u015ft\u0131\u011f\u0131nda ,ya\u015fam\u0131 beklenmedik bir y\u00f6n kazan\u0131yor. \u0130saac, Yahudi tasavvufu Kabala \u00fczerinde\u00a0 \u00e7al\u0131\u015fan k\u00fclt\u00fcrl\u00fc ve ayd\u0131n bir ki\u015fi. Nazi kar\u015f\u0131t\u0131 direni\u015fi \u00f6rg\u00fctleyen \u00c7ember adl\u0131 bir yeralt\u0131 \u00f6rg\u00fctlenmesinin lideri ayn\u0131 zamanda. \u00d6rg\u00fct\u00fcn \u00fcyelerinin \u00e7o\u011fu, daha once bir sirkte \u00e7al\u0131\u015fan ve fiziksel bozukluklar\u0131 olan ki\u015filer. Nazi Almanya\u2019s\u0131nda sadece Yahudi ve direni\u015f\u00e7i olduklar\u0131 i\u00e7in de\u011fil, sakatl\u0131klar\u0131 y\u00fcz\u00fcnden de ya\u015famlar\u0131 tehlikede. Nitekim, Ari safl\u0131\u011f\u0131na tehdit olarak g\u00f6r\u00fclen zihinsel ve bedensel engelliler, bir sure sonra zorunlu olarak k\u0131s\u0131rla\u015ft\u0131r\u0131l\u0131yor.<\/p>\n
Isaac ve arkada\u015flar\u0131 ile dostlu\u011fu ilerleten Sophie, bir yandan ailesinin bask\u0131s\u0131yla Nazi gen\u00e7lik \u00f6rg\u00fct\u00fcne kat\u0131lmaya zorlan\u0131rken, bir yandan da gizlice direni\u015f hareketi i\u00e7inde yeral\u0131yor.<\/p>\n
\u0130saac\u2019la giderek yak\u0131nla\u015fan ili\u015fkisi, Sophie\u2019ye hi\u00e7 bilmedi\u011fi bir d\u00fcnyan\u0131n kap\u0131lar\u0131n\u0131 a\u00e7\u0131yor. \u0130saac\u2019\u0131n \u0130stanbul\u2019da bir mahzende buldu\u011fu 16c\u0131 y\u00fczy\u0131lda ya\u015fayan Portekizli atalar\u0131ndan Berekiah Zarco\u2019ya ait el yazmas\u0131 metinlerle tan\u0131\u015f\u0131yor. Isaac, Yahudi mistisizmi Kabalan\u0131n bu \u00f6nemli metninin s\u0131rlar\u0131n\u0131 \u00e7\u00f6zmeye ad\u0131yor kendini. Almanya\u2019n\u0131n giderek karanl\u0131kla\u015fan g\u00fcnlerinde, Berekiah Zarco\u2019nun k\u0131yamet g\u00fcn\u00fcne dair \u00f6ng\u00f6rd\u00fc\u011f\u00fc i\u015faretler, birbiri ard\u0131ndan belirmeye ba\u015fl\u0131yor. \u0130saac, 1938\u2019de Yahudilere ait ev, i\u015fyeri sinagoglara d\u00fczenlenen kanl\u0131 sald\u0131r\u0131lar\u0131, Avusturya\u2019n\u0131n ilhak\u0131n\u0131 ve bir y\u0131l sonra Hitler ve Stalin aras\u0131nda var\u0131lan sald\u0131rmazl\u0131k pakt\u0131n\u0131, beklenen kaos g\u00fcnlerinin i\u015faret\u00e7isi olarak g\u00f6r\u00fcyor.<\/p>\n
Richard Zimler\u2019in di\u011fer ba\u015far\u0131l\u0131 yap\u0131tlar\u0131 gibi, Yedinci Kap\u0131 da tarihi bir polisiye roman\u0131. Daha fazla ayr\u0131nt\u0131 vererek, okumak isteyenlerin zevkini ka\u00e7\u0131rmak istemiyorum. Yedinci Kap\u0131\u2019n\u0131n \u00e7ok titiz bir tarihsel ara\u015ft\u0131rma sonucu, ayr\u0131nt\u0131lara \u00f6zen g\u00f6sterilerek \u00e7ok iyi kurgulanm\u0131\u015f ve yaz\u0131lm\u0131\u015f bir roman oldu\u011funu ve bir b\u00f6l\u00fcm\u00fcn\u00fcn \u0130stanbul\u2019da ge\u00e7ti\u011fini s\u00f6ylemekle yetineyim.<\/p>\n
Roman, Nazi ideolojisinin Alman toplumu ve \u00fclke siyasetini nas\u0131l k\u0131skac\u0131na ald\u0131\u011f\u0131n\u0131 sergilemekteki ustal\u0131\u011f\u0131yla, beni derinden etkiledi. Tabii ki Hitler Almanya\u2019s\u0131nda \u015fiddet, bask\u0131 ve propaganda temel unsurlard\u0131 ama \u0130kinci D\u00fcnya Sava\u015f\u0131 \u00f6ncesinde, Hitler\u2019in g\u00fc\u00e7l\u00fc liderlik tarz\u0131na, ekonomi politikalar\u0131n\u0131n vaadetti\u011fi refaha, \u00fclkeyi d\u00fcnyan\u0131n \u00f6nde gelen g\u00fc\u00e7lerinden biri yapmay\u0131 hedefleyen d\u0131\u015f politikaya, geleneksel de\u011ferlere ve muhafazakarl\u0131\u011fa ciddi bir halk deste\u011fi oldu\u011fu da yads\u0131namaz.<\/p>\n
Zimler\u2019in kahramanlar\u0131n\u0131n ki\u015fili\u011finde,toplumda,artan bask\u0131 ve zulme nas\u0131l sessizce raz\u0131 olundu\u011funu, sorgusuz sualsiz otoriteye nas\u0131l boyun e\u011fildi\u011fini, medyan\u0131n nas\u0131l manip\u00fcle edildi\u011fini \u00a0g\u00f6steren sat\u0131rlar\u0131 \u00f6zellikle sars\u0131c\u0131 buldum.<\/p>\n
Bir kez daha anlad\u0131m ki, haks\u0131zl\u0131\u011fa ve adaletsizli\u011fe kar\u015f\u0131 sesini y\u00fckseltmeyen, hukuksuzlu\u011fu ve yolsuzlu\u011fu umursamayan, neme laz\u0131mc\u0131 bir halk, rejimin su\u00e7 orta\u011f\u0131 oluyor eninde sonunda.<\/p>\n
Yedinci Kap\u0131, Richard Zimler\u2019i ilk ke\u015ffetti\u011fim roman de\u011fil. Zimler\u2019le, ilk kez 2004 y\u0131l\u0131nda, Londra\u2019daki Yahudi Kitap Haftas\u0131 \u00e7er\u00e7evesinde \u00a0y\u00f6netti\u011fim ve o g\u00fcnlerde yeni yay\u0131nlanan \u2018Geceyar\u0131s\u0131n\u0131n Pe\u015finde\u2019 adl\u0131 kitab\u0131n\u0131 tart\u0131\u015ft\u0131\u011f\u0131m\u0131z bir oturumda tan\u0131\u015ft\u0131m. Ayn\u0131 oturumda, bir ba\u015fka \u00fcnl\u00fc yazar, T\u00fcrk as\u0131ll\u0131 romanc\u0131 Moris Farhi\u2019nin Gen\u00e7 T\u00fcrk adl\u0131 yap\u0131t\u0131n\u0131 da konu\u015fmu\u015ftuk. \u0130lgilenenler, oturumun \u0130ngilizce notlar\u0131n\u0131 bu linkte bulabilirler.<\/p>\n