Ustura Kemal – Eski Bir Hikâye
Haldun Sevel , who presented to our imagination the Üsküdar bullyUstura Kemal , which has been known to several generations, serialized in newspapers, magazines and albums for years, and adapted into TV series twice in 1996 and 2012, is a master who conveys the old Istanbul culture and the events of the years of the War of Independence through his drawings. .Razor Kemal 's adventures began in July 1972 in the Gün newspaper published within the Günaydın newspaper, and in 1974 he moved to Günaydın. Günaydın Germany was also published in Kocaeli newspaper, İzmir Demokrat newspaper, Tercüman Germany, Güneş, Akşam and Hürriyet newspapers, which were also published within Günaydın, and was published as a weekly magazine in the 1970s. In the 90s and 2000s, Razor Kemal albums appeared on the shelves.
In Üsküdar, where Haldun Sevel spent his childhood, inspired by the old Istanbul bullies who played a role in smuggling weapons and men to Anatolia during the National Kuva-yi Milliye period, Razor Kemal , he created many valuable details, from the cobblestone streets to the semai coffeehouses, from the kulhani clothing to their daily entertainments and lifestyles. gave place. Razor Kemal , who for many years fought with pavements and those who contradicted the verbal laws of bullying, will fight with the collaborators and spies of the occupation years when the time comes, and will join the organizations working for the National Struggle in Anatolia and use his skill and fame for this cause.
While Dark Istanbul brings the Razor Kemal comic book series back to our literary world, it also introduces never-published works to its readers for the first time.
Mehmet Berk Yaltırık 
