Diyarbakır Comparative Literature Days, which was first held in 2013, was organized for the fourth time this year on October 21-30, 2022. In partnership with Diyarbakır Arts Center, the event was coordinated by Lîs Publishing, which opened up a space for Kurdish literature in world literature and translated important examples of world literature into Kurdish, and Wêjegeh Amed | Diyarbakır Literature House, which was established in February 2020 as a social and cultural initiative of Lîs Publishing. Diyarbakır Comparative Literature Days was organized for the second time in 2018, and after having taken place online in 2020, was held physically this time with the support of ‘Spaces of Culture’ in cooperation with Aras and Everest Publications. Relying on the genuine connections of creative expression with individual and social aspects, the sessions that were held over ten days aimed to explore the relationship between multilingual literature and various fields including social sciences, music, photography, cinema, contemporary art, and ecological activism, and to craft sentences about stories, truth, and imagination that speak to each other. The program brought together 70 writers and artists to engage with literature enthusiasts in a series of events on Kurdish, Turkish, Arabic, Circassian Adyghe, and Armenian languages and literatures. It featured talks and workshops on diverse thematic topics and disciplines related to literature, which attracted significant interest. In conjunction with the program, a memorial event for writer Mıgırdiç Margosyan was also organized at Surp Giragos Church. The event series ended with a closing speech by this year’s guest of honor, İhsan Colemêrgi.
October 21, 2022
Opening
Speakers: Saadet Özen, Hesen Silêvanî, Haci Özkal, Vecdi Erbay
October 21, 2022
Poetry Night
Poets: Asuman Susam, Beyar Bavî, Birsen İnal, Ciwan Serwer, Hicran Aslan, İrfan Amîda, Kadhim, Mem Bawer, Meryem Coşkunca, Metin Aydın, Mîna Acer, Vecdi Erbay
October 22, 2022
The Echo of Kurdish Short Story in Arabic Language
Speaker: Hesen Silêvanî
October 22, 2022
Two Dimensions of the Call for Truth: Literature and Social Sciences
Speakers: Fuat Ercan, Îrfan Amîda
October 22, 2022
The Lost Aesthetics of Self-Expression
Speakers: Hesen Ildiz, Mehmet Şarman
October 23, 2022
Huseynî and Sepehrî: Adherence to Land, Water, and Wilderness
Speaker: Ebas Mûsa
October 23, 2022
Miriyê Heram and Red Monday: A Close - Distant Comparison
Speakers: Bawer Rûken, Bajar Mîrzeman
October 23, 2022
The Aesthetics of Resistance
Speakers: Çağlar Tanyeri, Turgay Kurultay
October 23, 2022
Creating Paths on Forked Roads: On Reading, Listening, and Writing
Speaker: Asuman Susam
October 24, 2022
Memê Alan Varyantlarının Karşılaştırılması
Speakers: Bedran Hîkmet, Mem Wanda
October 25, 2022
In the Land of Stones: Hewraman
Speakers: Hüsamettin Bahçe, Namiq Şefîq Hewramî
October 27, 2022
The Sublime Image of Dread in the Relationship Between Contemporary Art and Politics
Speaker: Şefik Özcan
October 27, 2022
Berîya Şevê: Film Screening and Panel
Director: Ali Kemal Çınar | Moderator: Wahdet Uçar
October 28, 2022
Commemorating Margosyan
Speakers: Rober Koptaş, Eylem Ata Güleç, Nurcan Kaya, Mehmet Mahsum Oral, Kerem Bakıcı, Ohannes Gaffur, Ohanyan, Muharrem Erbey
October 29, 2022
Augmented Reality in Music and Musician's Augmented Poverty
Speakers: Kalê Badî, Deniz Durukan | Moderatör: Rêbîn Özmen
October 29, 2022
Re-writing: From Literature to Cinema
Speaker: Zeynep Çetin Erus | Moderator: Övgü Gökçe Yaşa
October 29, 2022
Poetry Night
Poets: Ahmet Çakmak, Altay Öktem, Aydın Alp, Deniz Durukan, Fatêxan Taşlı Tunç, Harun Tutuş, Mustafa, Irgat, Redûr Dîjle, Roza Metîna, Sultan Yaray, Zozan Gûlan
October 30, 2022
The Surplus of Reality: The Writer's Power of Imagination
Speaker: Yiğit Bener
October 30, 2022
What Do Biberyan Novels Tell Us?
Speakers: Ekin Kurtdarcan, Elif Refiğ, Rober Koptaş
October 30, 2022
Closing Event The Voice of the Mountains: The Literature of Îhsan Colemêrgî
Speakers: Omer Dilsoz, Şerefxan Cizîrî, Şexo Filîk, Mehmet Dicle
October 22, 2022
Şahmaran Fairy Tale and Art Workshop
Facilitator: Ruken Çalıştıran
October 29-30, 2022
From Imagination to Truth, A Poetry Workshop
Facilitator: Altay Öktem
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