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(Sözcü Newspaper, 12 August 2025)
A bewildered Brent and family with dad's sister.
In something of a Hollywood movie scenario, the star of this
story is Melih Esen Arslaner, who was born in Yozgat's Fakıbeyli
village, one of 9 siblings. Melih Esen was eager to learn and
went to the Kayseri Pazarören Village Institute, finishing with
honors.
Next, he graduated from Gazi University in Ankara as an
English teacher and wanted to work at Middle East Technical
University (METU), also in Ankara. However, in the political
climate of those days he was blocked from working at METU.
Melih Esen protested, but in vain. So instead, he went to the
USA on a Fullbright scholarship 66 years ago and was never
heard from again - until (!) the matter of a plot of land passed
down to Melih Esen from his father and its relation to the
proposed Yozgat Airport came up.
Red-shirted Ömer bey made it all happen.
Melih Esen's relative Ömer Yurdagül in Yozgat managed to
get in touch with the sons of long-lost Melih Esen, who died in
the USA in 2020, through social media. Ömer bey invited the
sons, Brent and Kent, to Turkey and Brent came with his wife
and family for a 10-day visit, starting with a tour of touristic
and historical sites in Istanbul, and then to Anıt Kabir, Atatürk's
grave in Ankara.
Next, Brent and his family went to his father's hometown
Fakıbeyli village in Yozgat, where they met their father's 3
sisters and their children. After that, they went to Izmir to visit
some more relatives.
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