Çiler Ilhan
(Turkey, 1972) writes novels, essays, reviews and translations for various newspapers and magazines. She studied international relations and political science in Istanbul and hotel management in Switzerland. In 2006 she debuted with the short-story collection Ruya Tacirleri Odasi (Chamber of Dream Merchants). Surgun (Exile, 2010) won the EU Literature Prize and was published in 24 countries. Its short stories - some of which are only a page or two in length - form a novel in which ordinary Turkish citizens speak about feeling alienated from their homeland, their families, and the community to which they belonged. In 2021 she published Nisan Evi (Engagement), a novella about lives lost under the weight of power factors in eastern Turkey.
Past events
Scatterlings
On stories around migration and displacement, with Rešoketšwe Manenzhe (South Africa) and Abdelkader Benali. Moderator: Çiler Ilhan.
Book of My Life: Çiler Ilhan in conversation with Charlotte Remarque
About The Woman Has No Name by Duygu Asena.
What Will They Say, Meltem?
Conversation based on a podcast series by Meltem Halaceli, about literature, poetry, feminism and violence. With live music by jazz singer and cellist Sanem Kalfa, inspired by Müesser Yeniay's poems.
Concluded with a screening of the Writers' Monument, a digital monument for all journalists and writers who were murdered for their writing.
