Turkey on Monday remembers Sait Faik Abasiyanik, a pioneer in modern Turkish literature, on the 66th anniversary of his death. Abasiyanik was born on Nov. 18, 1906 in northwestern Sakarya province to businessman Mehmet Faik and Makbule Hanim. Attending primary school in Sakarya, Abasiyanik continued his education at Istanbul Boy's High School and then in northwestern Bursa province. He wrote his first short story titled Silk Handkerchief and two other ...