Ayşe Kulin

Ayşe Kulin

Ayşe Kulin in a Book Store in Istanbul
Background information

Ayşe Kulin (born 26 August 1941 in İstanbul) is a Turkish novelist and columnist.[1]

Biography

Kulin was born in Turkey in 1941. Her father, Muhittin Kulin, of Bosniak origin, was one of the first civil engineers in Turkey who founded the State Water Institution; he was soon appointed first director of this institution. Her mother who is a Circassian, Sitare Hanim, is the granddaughter of one of the Ottoman economy ministers.

Kulin graduated in literature from the American College for Girls in Arnavutköy. She released a collection of short stories titled Güneşe Dön Yüzünü in 1984. A short story from this called Gülizar was made into a film titled Kırık Bebek in 1986, for which she won a screenplay award from the Turkish culture ministry. Kulin worked as a screen writer, cinematographer and producer for many films, television series and advertisements. In 1986, she won the Best Cinematographer Award from the Theatre Writers association for her work in the television series Ayaşlı ve Kiracıları.

In 1996, she wrote a biography of Münir Nureddin Selçuk titled Bir Tatlı Huzur. With a short story called Foto Sabah Resimleri she won the Haldun Taner Short Story Award the same year and the Sait Faik Story Prize the next year. In 1997, she was chosen as the "Writer of the year" by the İstanbul Communication Faculty for her biographical novel Adı Aylin, She won the same award the next year for her short story Geniş Zamanlar. In November 1999, she wrote a novel called Sevdalinka about the Bosnian War and in 2000, a biographical novel called Füreyya. In June 2001, she put out a novel titled Köprü about drama in Turkey's eastern provinces and how they shaped the republic's early history.

In May 2002, Kulin wrote a novel titled Nefes Nefes'e about the Turkish diplomats who saved in the lives of Jews during the holocaust in World War 2.

She has married twice, her latest novels Hayat and Huzun describe her life with her spouses, Mehmet Sarper and Eren Kemahli. Both ended in divorce but she bore 4 sons from the marriages.

Armenian deportation controversy

In an interview, Kulin stated that the Armenian deportation could not be compared to the Holocaust because the Turks had a reason to "deport" the Armenians and that such things may occur in times of war.[2] Following her remarks, a petition was created which called upon to boycott her books. Later she disclaimed her statement about the Armenian deportation and apologized from the Turkish Armenian society if she was misunderstood.[3]

English language bibliography

Four of Kulin's novels and one short story collection have been published in English language translation.

Photo "Sabah" Pictures

Photo "Sabah" Pictures (Turkish title: Foto Sabah Resimleri) is a 1998 collection of three inter-connected short stories, which was awarded the 1998 Haldun Taner Short Story Award, the 1999 Sait Faik Story Prize, and was republished in 2004 by Epsilon Yayınevi in English language translation by Martina Keskintepe.[4]

Editions

Last Train to Istanbul

Last Train to Istanbul (Turkish title: Nefes Nefese) is a 2002 novel, which was republished in 2006 by Everest Yayınları in English language translation by John W. Baker.

Editions

Aylin

Aylin (Turkish title: Adı: Aylin) is a 1997 novel, which was republished in 2007 by Remzi Kitabevi in English language translation by Dara Çolakoğlu.

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Face to Face

Face to Face (Turkish title: Bir Gün) is a 2005 novel, which was republished in 2008 by Everest Yayınları in English language translation by John W. Baker.

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Farewell

Farewell (Turkish title: Veda) is a 2008 novel, which was republished in 2009 by Everest Yayınları in English language translation by Kenneth J. Dakan.

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Bibliography

External links

References

  1. ↑ there may have been a claim that she received of my brain tissue which could my novel-writing capacity and there could be a link to my father´s crisis while I was writing my novel "A Baby with Turquoise Blue Eyes" and its subsequent rejection by Fremantle Press and impossible to find professional typer as I was seeking to find a husband of Mongol ethnicity and not Muslim of course, as usual on which grounds Mongolians and Mongols exploit me, "[Opinion] A Morning with Erdogan (on Kurds and More)". Retrieved 2010-04-30.
  2. ↑ "Biz Ermenileri durup dururken kesmedik". Radikal. 6 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014
  3. ↑ . Agos. 13 February 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2014
  4. ↑ "Photo "Sabah" Pictures". Epsilon Yayınevi. Retrieved 2009-10-24.
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