Author of Hrant Dink’s biography Tuba Çandar and Hrant Dink’s colleague from the Agos Newspaper, Karin Karakaşlı will discuss Hrant Dink’s life and struggle. This discussion will also touch upon the memorialisation work undertaken during the book preparation phase. Please click here for detailed information about the book.
- All events will be held at the 23.5 Hrant Dink Site of Memory.
- A separate registration form must be completed for each event.
- The events will be held in hybrid format (face to face and on Zoom).
- For face to face events, the capacity is 38 people per event.
- For Zoom events, the capacity is 100 people per event.
- A Guided Tour of the 23.5 Hrant Dink Site of Memory will be held before each event. To join the Guided Tour, please tick the “I will attend the Guided Tour” option in the event registration form.
- The language of the events is Turkish.
Monday, January 13
A conversation on the book “Hrant”
Speakers: Tûba Çandar, Karin Karakaşlı
15.00- Guided Tour
17.00–18.30 Conversation
Born in 1948, Tuba Çandar attended the Austrian High School in Istanbul. She received an AFS Intercultural Programs scholarship and completed her studies in the USA. Çandar received her Bachelor's degree in political science and international relations at Ankara University in 1979. Çandar went to exile in Germany after the military coup of March 1971, and following the amnesty, returned to Turkey where she became the editor-in-chief of "Bizim Almanca" magazine under the Turkish daily Cumhuriyet. She worked as an editor at Gergedan magazine and freelanced for various dailies including Yeni Yüzyıl, penning pieces on culture, arts and travel, and Gazete Pazar, where she started her "Portraits" column. Her first book about the life of one of Turkey's first female architects Mualla Eyüboğlu Anhegger, "Hitit Güneşi" (Hittite Sun) was published in 2003. She released "Murat Belge Bir Hayat" (Murat Belge. A Life) on the outspoken leftist Turkish intellectual and literary critic Murat Belge in 2007. Her latest book "Hrant" came out on Hrant Dink’s birthday, September 15 2010.
She is a poet and writer, born in Istanbul in 1972. After graduating from the Boğaziçi University Department of Translation and Interpreting, she completed her Master’s degree in Comparative Literature at Yeditepe University. She worked for many years at the Agos newspaper. Karakaşlı, who has written for Radikal 2, Culture and Arts section, and Gazete Duvar, has published books in various genres, including short stories, novels, children's and young adult literature, and poetry.
