Blindness
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| Conflicting accounts exist as to the sequence of events that followed. The most commonly cited version is the one recounted by Veysel in 1964, during an interview with [[TRT]] correspondent Rıdvan Çongur.<ref name=":2" /> In this recollection, Karaca had planned to take Veysel to Akdağmadeni for surgery, but for one reason or another, was yet to make the trip. One day, Veysel was with his mother Gülizar, out milking their cows. Karaca came up behind them and called his son by name. Veysel, who had not realized his father was close by, turned around, and was accidentally pierced in the right eye by a sharp stick (probably a [[cattle prod]]) his father had been holding, thereby losing the remaining vision in that eye.<ref name=":2" /> | Conflicting accounts exist as to the sequence of events that followed. The most commonly cited version is the one recounted by Veysel in 1964, during an interview with [[TRT]] correspondent Rıdvan Çongur.<ref name=":2" /> In this recollection, Karaca had planned to take Veysel to Akdağmadeni for surgery, but for one reason or another, was yet to make the trip. One day, Veysel was with his mother Gülizar, out milking their cows. Karaca came up behind them and called his son by name. Veysel, who had not realized his father was close by, turned around, and was accidentally pierced in the right eye by a sharp stick (probably a [[cattle prod]]) his father had been holding, thereby losing the remaining vision in that eye.<ref name=":2" /> |
| The second version of events also originates from Veysel. In this second recollection, first recounted in 1936 for the magazine ''Yedi Gün'', Veysel was in the barn, feeding grass to one of the family's cows.<ref name=":2" /> The trip to Sivas was to take place in the next few days; Karaca was poor, and had been saving up for the trip. However, when the cow suddenly moved its head, it pierced Veysel's right eye with the tip of its horn. Veysel recollected the incident similarly in 1969 for the newspaper [[Milliyet]]; in this retelling, the accident occurred in 1906, when Veysel was already 12 years old.<ref name=":2" /> Veysel stated that the cow's horn gouged out his eye, and that he ran outside screaming, attracting the attention of his father and some of the other villagers. Veysel understood from the adults' conversation that he would remain permanent blind in his right eye. According to Veysel, he and his father went to Sivas anyway, still hopeful that something could be done.<ref name=":2" /> In Sivas, Veysel was sat on a couch, and his right eye examined. In the silence that followed, Veysel understood that the eye could not be opened, and began to weep. Veysel's family, on realizing this, wept for days. | The second version of events also originates from Veysel. In this second recollection, first recounted in 1936 for the magazine ''Yedi Gün'', Veysel was in the barn, feeding grass to one of the family's cows.<ref name=":2" /> The trip to Sivas was to take place in the next few days; Karaca was poor, and had been saving up for the trip. However, when the cow suddenly moved its head, it pierced Veysel's right eye with the tip of its horn. Veysel recollected the incident similarly in 1969 for the newspaper [[Milliyet]]; in this retelling, the accident occurred in 1906, when Veysel was already 12 years old.<ref name=":2" /> Veysel stated that the cow's horn gouged out his eye, and that he ran outside screaming, attracting the attention of his father and some of the other villagers. Veysel understood from the adults' conversation that he would remain permanent blind in his right eye. According to Veysel, he and his father went to Sivas anyway, still hopeful that something could be done--there, Veysel was sat on a couch, and his right eye examined. A brief silence followed. Veysel, understanding that the eye could not be opened, began to weep. Veysel's family, on learning this, wept for days. |
| The veracity of either version of events has not been proven. It is possible that the second story may not have been true, and may have been invented by Veysel to absolve his father of any possible blame for Veysel's blindness. However, this does not well explain why Veysel related this story in 1936, but chose to default to the first version by as late as 1964. | |
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