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.”
15.10.2025

Sirgûn “Rîşa Pûç”: The story of exile, pain, and resistance

The one-man play Sîrgûn “Rîşa Pûç,” brought to the stage by writer and actor Ayhan Erkmen, brings together the exile-filled lives of three great names in Kurdish literature: Celadet Alî Bedirxan, Erebê Şemo, and Mehmed Uzun. Directed by Sabri Ejder Öziç, the play met with audiences at the Sezai Karakoç Culture and Congress Center (ÇandAmed) on the 18th anniversary of Mehmed Uzun's death.