Writers
24 WRITERS
Eda Solmaz
Emre Eminoğlu
Writer on film, culture and the arts. He continues to write about cinema, conduct interviews and produce podcasts for a range of digital and print publications, above all Aposto, where he has been film editor since 2021.
After Altın Portakal: where is Türkiye’s cinema heading?Primetime: can anything become a spectacle for the sake of ratings?What we watched at Filmekimi
Tuğçe Madayanti Şen
Film writer, academic and archaeologist. Since 2013 she has written a weekly film column for the newspaper BirGün, and she prepares and presents the programme İyi Seyirler.
Digital nomads on the “Geographic Resonance Line”: is it really where we live that we are running from?From Romain Gavras’s ‘Athena’ to ‘La Commune’: the anger is there, so why no revolution?Instadocs: an age that breeds its own monsters, filmed as it happens
Aslı Ildır
Film writer, critic and academic. One of the associate editors of Altyazı, a Turkish film magazine, Ildır carries out academic research in film studies and new media.
Clayface: a supervillain who sculpts himselfWithout blinking: the mirrored labyrinth of ‘You Can See Everything’
Burcu Dimili
Communications consultant, editor, art writer.
Ramize Erer’s Séparation in Paris: parting in room 44Nermin Ülker: ‘Sometimes the way to express something is to leave it incomplete’
Deniz Aytekin
Culture, arts and environment editor at Aposto
Travel trends for 2027: flexible holidays, paranormal trips and destinations chosen by moodImaginary events, fake views, decade-old ancient theatres: how fakery is on the rise in tourism
Elif Bayram
Mehmet Sindel
Born in 1970, he stayed silent for a long time. He began to talk only after the auntie next door stepped in, and he has not stopped since.
Reading Lanthimos’s The Lobster through the sociology of emotionsThe flawed inheritance of love: three views of fathers and daughters in contemporary cinema
Ömer Şentürk
Editor and translator. Born in Istanbul, he graduated top of his class in Philosophy at Galatasaray University.
Waiting for the punchline with Norm MacdonaldThe film that forgets its main character: Unabomber
Soner Can
For many years he worked as a reporter, editor and writer on newspapers’ weekend supplements and arts and culture desks. He still interviews writers for art and literary magazines and writes about books worth reading.
From Aristotle’s ‘Golden Mean’ to Gen Z’s rebellion: Enes Özel on ‘Normal’World literature’s elegant revolutionaries: on the ‘Latin American Boom’
Aslı Perker
She completed her undergraduate degree in Literature and her master’s degree in Psychology. Her novels are Başkalarının Kokusu, Cellat Mezarlığı, Sufle, Eylülde Dört Yıl, Bana Yardım Et, Ayrılığın İlk Günü, Flamingolar Pembedir and Kaybedilen Bütün Savaşlar.
This week in Bibliotherapy: books for when you’ve forgotten who you are outside work
Başak Yeğin
Başak Yeğin is an academic specialising in gastronomy, food design and marketing communications. Having completed master’s degrees at Politecnico di Milano and the University of Westminster, Yeğin teaches courses on gastronomy and culinary culture.
After the lavender: a guide to southern France in autumn
Büşra Soydemir
She works as Projects Director at Calling Mag. She previously produced editorial content for Studio Mercado and a number of independent publications.
In Istanbul, the fish told the season
Canberk Çolak
A dietitian more interested in the stories behind recipes than in the recipes themselves. He always wants to know why something is made the way it is, and where it comes from.
The ortolan ritual: why did diners hide their faces?
Cansın Gelişli
Pharmacist Cansın Gelişli works on scent and sensory experiences. She graduated from the Faculty of Pharmacy at Gazi University.
On taste: what the nose knows and the tongue does not
Defne Sökmen
Ilgaz Gökırmaklı
Melike Bayık
Independent curator, art writer and academic. She works on public space, urban justice, imece (the tradition of communal work), social equality, sustainability, and participatory art ecosystems built on solidarity.
Sinopale’s founders, curators and artists on what the biennial has changed in Sinop
Ömer Çeşit
Ömer Çeşit completed an undergraduate degree in Political Science and a master’s in Cultural Studies at Istanbul Bilgi University. He worked as an editor at the publisher Varlık Yayınları (VBKY).
Roger Crowley: ‘The empire Portugal built was a product of its own poverty’
Özge Şimşek
Özge Şimşek is a writer and doctoral researcher working on museums, cultural heritage, art and literature. A graduate in English Language and Literature from Istanbul University, she has taught English in Türkiye, Canada and Thailand.
From the Riace Bronzes to Türkiye: a museum ecosystem. Where does a museum end?
Uraz Kaspar
Lecturer and publisher. Kaspar, who taught at Yeditepe University in 2011 and has been a lecturer in the New Media Department of Kadir Has University’s Faculty of Communication since 2021, is a co-founder of Podfresh.
Reykjavík beyond the clichés: 10 local stops in a day
Ümit Alan
Writer and communications specialist. He holds a master’s degree in Press and Publishing.
Asghar Farhadi and beyond: how much of human creativity can AI take on?
Yasemin Kaya
She completed her undergraduate degree in economics at ODTÜ (Middle East Technical University) and her master’s at Boston University. In the past she wrote about macroeconomics, the financial sector and economic policy; today she maintains her connection to the field through her professional career.
On grief: the shoes are gone, the messages remain
Yasemin Kaya ve Utku Özer
Yasemin Kaya: She completed her undergraduate degree in economics at ODTÜ (Middle East Technical University, in Ankara) and her master’s degree at Boston University. In the past she wrote on macroeconomics, the financial sector and economic policy; today she keeps up her connection with the field through her professional working life.
Through books, from guest to voice in Germany: where is home for us, and where is exile?Your guide to designing a good life.
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