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Something Shadowless, Like You: Nedim Türfent Writes Back to Ai Weiwei from Prison
Kurdish poet and journalist Nedim Türfent writes to Ai Weiwei, who has sent a postcard to Türfent as part of the PENWrites campaign . source: English PEN Kurdish poet, journalist, and Honorary Member of English PEN Nedim Türfent was arrested on 12 May 2016 after reporting on Turkish special police forces’ ill-treatment of Turkish and Kurdish …
Oslo Freedom Forum 2022
The Oslo Freedom Forum is a global gathering of human rights and pro-democracy activists united in standing up to tyranny. Source: https://oslofreedomforum.com/ Talks and performances by: Marianne Borgen, Mayor of Oslo, Evgenia Kara-Murza, Project Manager, Free Russia Foundation Oleksandra Matviichuk, Head of the Center for Civil Liberties in Ukraine Omar Alshogre, Director of Detainee Affairs at …
MARTINA PFEILER: TEN POETRY FILMS FOR STIMULATING DISCUSSIONS
Ballad of the Skeletons Gus Van Sant, 1996 (poem and performance by Allen Ginsberg) Standard Oil Co. DJ Kadagian, 2004 (poem by Pablo Neruda) 1700% Mistaken for Muslim Masahiro Sugano, 2010 (poem and performance by Anida Yoeu Ali) A Finger, Two Dots Then Me David and Daniel Holecheck, 2011 (poem by Derrick Brown) Why I …
Nermin Yıldırım
We reached out to esteemed writer Nermin Yıldırım for our new issue. She prepared a reading list for young writers with their reasons. “Let me point out that I won’t give examples from the classics. My young writer friends already know them. They might also know what I’m going to offer, but… I wanted to …
İlkyaz Issue #29 is Out! New format and podcast coming soon!
As İlkyaz, in our three year publishing life, we’ve been able to bring to light and unite over 300 young writers, reaching nearly 7thousand readers on average a month, translating our main pieces to English so the world has a window into young literature of Turkey. If you haven’t yet had a chance to read, …