28.12.2025

Arjen Arî’s storytelling: The memory of lived experience transformed into literature

Poet Sidîq Gorîcan evaluates Arjen Arî's storytelling through the lens of experience, memory, and everyday language. According to Gorîcan, Arjen Arî's stories are not fictional; they are literary records of lived experiences filtered through village life, childhood, and oral culture.
23.11.2025

Author Kenan Söylemez: The influence of dengbêjlik is very evident in Mehmed Uzun’s novels

Mehmed Uzun, one of the most important figures in modern Kurdish literature, is known for strongly conveying the influence of oral culture, and especially the tradition of dengbêjlik, in his novels. In his comprehensive presentation, author Kenan Söylemez examined in detail this influence that shaped Uzun's literary world.
30.10.2025

Arjen Arî, the pioneer poet of modern Kurdish literature, was commemorated on the 13th anniversary of his death

Arjen Arî, one of the most important figures in modern Kurdish literature, was commemorated at his grave in Diyarbakır Yeniköy Cemetery on the 13th anniversary of his death. The commemoration ceremony was attended by Arî's family, friends, and many Kurdish writers and poets. Participants laid carnations on Arî's grave, commemorating his poetry and contributions to literature.
19.10.2025

Salih Agir Qoserî: Kurdish literature in Europe was created through exile, not through diaspora

Mehmed Uzun, one of the pioneers of Kurdish literature, was commemorated at an event held at the Sezai Karakoç Culture and Congress Center (ÇandAmed) in Diyarbakır on the anniversary of his death. As part of the event, writer and researcher Salih Agir Qoserî gave a speech titled “Exile and Writing.”