Sema Kaygusuz (born August 29, 1972, in Samsun, Turkey) [1] is a novelist, playwright, essayist, and short story writer from Turkey. [2] [3] [4] [5] Her work has been translated into English, Italian, German, French, Swedish, and Norwegian. She won a Yunus Nadi Award in 2016 for her novel Laughter of the Barbarian. Among other accolades, she is a recipient of the Cevdet-Kudret-Literature Award, the France-Turquie Literary Award, and was named laureate of the German Friedrich Rückert Prize. [6] [7] [8] The English translation of her novel Yüzünde Bir Yer (Every Fire You Tend) won both the TA First Translation Prize and an English PEN Award. [9] She currently resides in Istanbul. [10]
As a screenwriter, she co-wrote the screenplay for the 2008 film Pandora's Box (Turkish: Pandora'nın Kutusu) with director Yeşim Ustaoğlu. [11]
Johann Michael Friedrich Rückert was a German poet, translator, and professor of Oriental languages.
Aziz Nesin was a Turkish writer, humorist and the author of more than 100 books. Born in a time when Turks did not have official surnames, he had to adopt one after the Surname Law of 1934 was passed. Although his family carried the nickname "Topalosmanoğlu", after an ancestor named "Topal Osman", he chose the surname "Nesin". In Turkish, Nesin? means, What are you?.
Onat Kutlar was a prominent Turkish writer and poet, founder of the Turkish Sinematek and cofounder of the Istanbul International Film Festival.
Kâhta is a city in Adıyaman Province of Turkey. It is the seat of Kâhta District. Its population is 86,232 (2021). The city is populated by Kurds from the Reşwan tribe.
Cem Filiz, better known by his stage name Cem Adrian, is a Turkish musician of Bosniak descent, singer-songwriter and record producer.
Ahmet Hüsrev Altan is a Turkish journalist and author. A working journalist for more than twenty years, he has served in all stages of the profession, from being a night shift reporter to editor in chief in various newspapers.
Alen Markaryan, is a Turkish business entrepreneur, writer, sports columnist and activist. He is colloquially known of being a notable figure of Çarşı, supporters initiative of Beşiktaş J.K.
Ayfer Tunç is a contemporary Turkish writer.
Buket Uzuner is a Turkish writer, author of novels, short stories, and travelogues. She studied biology and environmental science and has conducted research and presented lectures at universities in Turkey, Norway, the United States, and Finland. Her works have been translated into eight languages: Spanish, English, Italian, Greek, Romanian, Hebrew, Korean, and Bulgarian.
Aslı Erdoğan is a prize-winning Turkish writer, author, human rights activist, and columnist for Özgür Gündem and formerly for Radikal, ex political prisoner, particle physicist. Her second novel has been published in English, and eight books translated into twenty languages.
İsmail Hacıoğlu is a Turkish actor and son of Turkey national under-18 football team coach Mehmet Hacıoğlu and brother of actress Kardelen Hacıoğlu. Since the beginning his career, he is cited as one of the best actors of his generation.
İnci Aral is a well-known Turkish writer of novels and short stories who has works published around the world. She was born in 1944 in Denizli, Turkey, a city in the southwestern part of Turkey. She currently lives in Istanbul, Turkey with her husband and two children. One of her popular stories was Ölü Erkek Kuşlar. Her novel Ağda Zaman was also well acclaimed.
Fakir Baykurt or born Tahir Baykurt was a Turkish author and trade unionist.
Gürdal Duyar was a Turkish sculptor who is known for his monuments to Atatürk and his busts of famous people. His art is characterized as a modern expressionist style that is balanced with abstraction. He is considered one of the pioneers of modern figurative sculpture in Turkey. Duyar was also a painter and is noted for his sketches but his best-known works are the public sculptures that are placed in Istanbul's parks and public squares.
Yılmaz Gruda was a Turkish actor, poet, playwright, and translator.
Bilge Karasu, was a Turkish short story writer and novelist.
Güven Turan, a Turkish poet, writer, translator.
Ülkü Tamer, was a Turkish poet, journalist, actor and translator.
The Fancy Women Bike Ride is an event started in 2013 by history teacher Sema Gür in İzmir. The event draws attention to the themes of freedom and women. The other coordinator of the event is Pınar Pinzuti.
Fadik Sevin Atasoy is a Turkish actress, scriptwriter, film director, and writer.