P>It is welt known that poetry is HallI's first love.. In the rich exampl

of imagery found in virtually all his stories, he shows how  even while

he Is thinking and writing   stories he kee his poetry channels open.Prof.   Joseph S. JacobsoIn Turkish and other languagesone does not often come across a story teller who by using such few words

c express the essence of a thought so effectively. With llyas Halll there

can be no question of rambling, long explanations,pretence or artiflci no

unnecessary ostentation. He hat given s purity of the