Interview with Rutkay Aziz at Ankara Sanat Tiyatrosu, 1976-05-16

File — Box: 10, Cassette: 19 B

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The Albert Nekimken Turkish Theater Collection comprises primary research material assembled by Nekimken in Turkey while working on his dissertation on the influence of German Marxist politics and Bertolt Brecht on modern theater in Turkey. The collection consists of 184 volumes of published plays (some banned, many now scarce or rare), as well as theater history and criticism, written mainly from 1960 to 1975, and 29 audio cassettes containing performances and interviews with actors, playwrights and screenwriters, recorded by Nekimken in 1975 and 1976. Additionally, the collection includes a folder of photographs related to Haldun Taner's play Epopee of Ali of Keshan.

Supplemental Information From the Collection:

An interview of Albert Nekimken regarding his experiences in Turkey and the creation of this collection was conducted via Zoom on January 30, 2022, by Prof. Sylvia Onder of Georgetown University; a link to the recorded interview can be found under "External Documents" in this finding aid. A digital copy of Albert's 1978 dissertation, "The Impact of Bertolt Brecht on Society and the Development of Political Theater in Turkey", is available for reference.