kanık moved to ankara and was hired at telegraph department international orders bureau of the ptt, the turkish national mail and telegraph service. he got together with his old friend oktay rıfat and melih cevdet, and the trio began writing poetry in a similar style. in 1936 orhan veli's poems "oaristys", "ebabil", "eldorado", "düşüncelerimin başucunda" were published in the "varlık" magazine upon nahid sırrı örik's suggestion. in the magazine orhan veli and his friends were introduced with these words: "varlık is boosting its cadre of poets with new and powerful young pens. orhan veli, whose four poems you may read below, manifests a mature art even though he has never been published before. in our future issues he will bespeak better the new breath he and his friends oktay rıfat, melih cedet and mehmet ali sel are bringing to our poetry."