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Aslı Erdoğan

Biography

Aslı Erdoğan was born in Istanbul in 1967. She graduated from Robert College in Istanbul and then studied computer engineering and physics at Boğaziçi University, where she recieved a masters and doctorate. She then worked on the Higgs boson at the European Nuclear Centre in Geneva. She then went to Rio de Janeiro to take a Ph.D. in physics but dropped out after two years but stayed on in South America for two years. At this point, she started writing, publishing novels and stories. She also started publishing in articles in newspapers. In 2016, she was arrested on charges of membership of an armed terrorist organization and inciting the people during a police raid on Özgür Gündem. She was eventually released after 133 days in prison.

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Aslı Erdoğan detained in Turkey
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Interview
Interview

Bibliography

1994 Kabuk Adam (novel)
1996 Mucizevi Mandarin (stories)
1998 Kırmızı Pelerinli Kent (The City in Crimson Cloak) (novel)
2000 Bir Yolculuk Ne Zaman Biter (articles)
2005 Hayatın Sessizliğinde (essay)
2006 Bir Delinin Güncesi (essays)
2006 Bir Kez Daha (essays)
2009 Taş Bina ve Diğerleri (The Stone Building and Other Places) (stories)
2017 Artık sessizlik bile senin değil (articles)