Asli Tohumcu

(Germany, 1974) is a Turkish writer and journalist. In invitation of the newspaper AD/Haagsche Courant and Kosmopolis Den Haag she lives as a guest writer in The Hague to write articles on the Turkish migrants in the city. She was born in Leverkusen and moved to Turkey when she was five. Tohumcu schrijft literary reviews for Turkish newspapers and makes a culture programme on Turkish state television. She published a collection of short stories (Abis, 2003) and the novella Yok Bana Sensiz Hayat (No Life without You). The latter will be published soon in English translation.