Ceyhun Yılmaz Meets Students at BAU

The "Literary Talks with Ceyhun Yılmaz" event organized by the Bahçeşehir University (BAU) Literature Club was held in Conference Hall B at BAU Beşiktaş South Campus.

Announcing that he will leave radio broadcasting as of January, Yılmaz held his last talk before leaving radio at Bahçeşehir University. Before the event, Yılmaz was a guest on BAU Radio and answered students' questions.

'Melancholy and Humor Are Like Day and Night; Together They Make Up the Day'

Comedian, poet and actor Ceyhun Yılmaz said: "Poetry and humor have many things in common. Melancholy and humor are like day and night; together they make up the day. I believe poets are also funny people."

Having taken a short break from poetry after his mother's death, Yılmaz said: "I always draw on emotion in my poems. After I lost my mother, I wrote these two lines: 'You did not leave me in a mosque courtyard, but we parted in a mosque courtyard.'" While these lines saddened readers somewhat, Ceyhun Yılmaz said: "Because I did not want to have a style that reminds people of pain, I took a break from poetry during that time."

Bahçeşehir University students showed great interest in the event. Emphasizing that his programs look completely improvised from the outside but are not, Ceyhun Yılmaz advised: "We have a team working on this, most of them around your age. During preparation before a program, we sometimes even stay up all night. Students who want to be radio presenters should use pen and paper as much as possible."