This anthology of six contemporary plays from Turkey captures such global themes
as questions of identity, poverty, class conflict, oppression, and displacement
while shedding light on current cultural and political matters in Turkey, a
country literally at the border of the West and the East that is recovering from
military coups and still seeking to establish democracy and human rights. The
title play, Mustafa Kaplan's "Solum," deals with questions of home and identity
as explored through physical research on the performer's body. Other plays
included are Murathan Mungan's "As on the Page," which utilizes traditional
performing techniques of Asia Minor and reveals subtle cultural details about
Eastern Turkey;