Filiz SOYT\u00dcRK<\/p>\n
Bir a\u011fac\u0131n hangi ormanda yeti\u015fti\u011fi \u00f6nemli de\u011fildir. Kederi odun olmaksa, yanaca\u011f\u0131 ate\u015f de \u00f6nem arz etmez. \u00d6nemli olan yanmas\u0131d\u0131r. Yanarken d\u00fcnyay\u0131 ayd\u0131nlatmas\u0131d\u0131r. Bir de s\u0131cakl\u0131\u011f\u0131d\u0131r, \u00f6nemli olan. S\u0131cakl\u0131k, ate\u015fin insanlara verdi\u011fi sevgi ve daha do\u011frusu a\u015fkt\u0131r. S\u0131cakl\u0131k olmayan yerde a\u015fk olmaz. A\u015fk olmayan yerde ise \u00fcretim olmaz, \u00fcretim olmay\u0131nca da hayat devam etmez.<\/p>\n
Babamla annemin bazen y\u00fcksek sesli homurdanmalara varan didi\u015fmelerinden biri bizim avludaki incir a\u011f\u0131c\u0131 \u00fcst\u00fcneydi. Bizim inciri kimse dikmemi\u015fti. Olabilir ya balkondan, yine bir ihtimal sofral\u0131k silkti\u011fimiz mutfak cam\u0131ndan d\u00fc\u015fm\u00fc\u015f \u00e7ekirdekten ya da birinin k\u00f6t\u00fcl\u00fck olsun diye kom\u015fumuz Hac\u0131 Mehmetlerle olan ta\u015f duvar\u0131m\u0131z\u0131n kenar\u0131na g\u00f6md\u00fc\u011f\u00fc bir \u00e7ekirdekten f\u0131\u015fk\u0131ran ye\u015fillik yerini sevmi\u015f ye\u015ferdik\u00e7e ye\u015ferince be\u011fenmedi\u011fi g\u00f6lgeyi delip g\u00fcne\u015fi tutmak i\u00e7in uzan\u0131rken kom\u015fu duvar\u0131n\u0131 yerinden oynatmas\u0131 ve kom\u015fu avlusunda da boy atmas\u0131 g\u00f6zlerimin hep \u00f6n\u00fcndedir. Beliklerim elimde naif \u00e7ocuk g\u00f6zleriyle bakarken bu iri yaprakl\u0131 a\u011f\u0131c\u0131n nas\u0131l olur da bu kadar b\u00fcy\u00fck ta\u015flarla \u00f6r\u00fclm\u00fc\u015f duvar\u0131m\u0131z\u0131 yerinden oynat\u0131p kald\u0131rmaya \u00e7al\u0131\u015f\u0131rken kamburla\u015ft\u0131rd\u0131\u011f\u0131 ve bu haks\u0131zl\u0131\u011fa dayanamayan kiremitlerin birer iki\u015fer yere d\u00fc\u015fmesine \u015fa\u015f\u0131yordum. Y\u0131llar sonra, yine bizim incirin g\u00f6lgesini seven tavuklar\u0131m\u0131zdan birka\u00e7\u0131n\u0131n ne sebeptense kayboldu\u011funu \u00f6\u011frendi\u011fimde anneannem \u201c oca\u011f\u0131na incir a\u011f\u0131c\u0131 dikilsin\u2019\u201d gibi lanet s\u00f6zleri kullanm\u0131\u015ft\u0131. Oysa \u201coca\u011f\u0131na incir a\u011fac\u0131 dikilsin!\u201d soyun sofun kurusun anlam\u0131ndaym\u0131\u015f.<\/p>\n
Bizim Yuvam\u0131za ise incir a\u011fac\u0131n\u0131 Bulgar dikti. Evimizi, bah\u00e7emizi, kamburla\u015fan kom\u015fu duvar\u0131n\u0131, yere d\u00fc\u015fen kiremitleri yerli yerinde b\u0131rak\u0131p g\u00f6\u00e7 etmek zorunda kald\u0131k. \u00d6yle olsa da \u201cbizim incirin duvar\u0131 delmesi\u201d akl\u0131mdan \u00e7\u0131kmad\u0131.<\/p>\n
T\u00fcrkiye \u00fcniversitelerinde ders g\u00f6r\u00fcrken, bir g\u00fcn edebiyat hocam antik \u00e7a\u011fda do\u011fa d\u00fc\u015f\u00fcncesinin temellerinin kadim zamanlar\u0131n yaban incirlerinin orman krall\u0131\u011f\u0131 olan \u0130zmir Ayd\u0131n (\u0130onia) y\u00f6resinde filizlendi\u011fini s\u00f6yledi.Yaratan\u0131n ezene bezene bi\u00e7imlendirdi\u011fi do\u011fa \u00fcst\u00fcne beyin f\u0131rt\u0131nas\u0131 yapman\u0131n s\u0131ra d\u0131\u015f\u0131 etkile\u015fimler sonucu olabilece\u011fi akl\u0131m\u0131n ucundan ge\u00e7erken, insan zekas\u0131n\u0131 delip uyand\u0131ran ve onu d\u00fc\u015f\u00fcnmeye zorlayan\u0131n incir a\u011fac\u0131 oldu\u011funu d\u00fc\u015f\u00fcnmekten kendimi alamad\u0131m.<\/p>