Literature

Turkish literature on the Buch.08 & at Literaturhaus Basel (Literature)

 

 

YUSUF YEŞİLÖZ

 

FRI 14.11. 15h NT-Areal Basel

Yusuf Yeşilöz came to Switzerland in 1987, where he currently resides as a freelance writer.

 

 

ESMAHAN AYKOL

 

FRI 14.11. 16h NT-Areal Basel

Esmahan Aykol landed on the bestseller lists in Turkey with her detective stories ‘Bakschisch’ and ‘Hotel Bosporus’. Her new novel is ‘Goodbye Istanbul’

 

 

YADÉ KARA

 

FRI 14.11. 17h NT-Areal Basel

 

Yadé Kara lives in Berlin. For her first novel ‘Selam Berlin’ (2003) she received the 2004 German Book Prize.

 

OYA BAYDAR

 

FRI 14.11. 19h Literaturhaus Basel

Oya Baydar became active in left wing politics at an early age. Her most recent novel ‘Kayıp Söz’ tells of a family in present-day Istanbul. Each member of the family leads a different way of life representing one of the themes of modern Turkish society.

HASAN ALİ TOPTAŞ (Literature)

 

SAT 15.11. 17h Literaturhaus Basel

Hasan Ali Toptaş’s current novel ‘The Shadowless’ reveals his magical relation to the Turkish language.

MURAT UYURKULAK (Literature)

 

SAT 15.11. 17h Literaturhaus Basel

Uyurkulak’s first book ‘Anger’ takes the reader along with the novel’s protagonists on a journey through Turkey and its unofficial history from the 1950s through today.

 

 

Further Dates:

THU 13.11. 19.30h Rote Fabrik, Zürich

FRI 14.11. 19.30h Qbus, Uster

SUN 16.11. 20h Theater Chur

MON 17.11. 20.30h Schlachthaus, Bern

WED 19.11. 20h Stadtbibliothek Winterthur