Margaret Atwood is one of my favourite authors: not only because of her engaging, magnetic fiction, but also because of her politics and her efforts to spread human rights. When I first read her renowned dystopian novel The Handmaid’s Tale some years ago, my initial reaction was simultaneous enchantment and abhorrence. Before the time of Trump, the … Okumaya devam et
Last week we enjoyed a whole week full of workshops, conferences and panels during the Pride Week in Istanbul. However, when it came to the closing Pride March , the most visible event, the government declared a ban just the day before, just like last year and the year before that. The ultranationalist groups threatening LGBTI+ people … Okumaya devam et
The 19th of January is the day my father was born in 1949. He would have been 68 years old if he lived. He died in 1999, when I was turning into a teenager, leaving childhood behind. It was a Friday. I had choir practice at school and my aunt came to pick me up … Okumaya devam et
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