Aysel K. Basci – Medium

Aysel K. Basci

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Chaos Behind the Green Line

Watching a military coup unfold in Cyprus in 1974

Sep 23

Chaos Behind the Green Line

Sep 23

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The Story of a Friendship Between a Turkish Poet and a Painter

Nâzım Hikmet Ran and Abidin Dino in Istanbul, Paris, and Russia

Sep 20

The Story of a Friendship Between a Turkish Poet and a Painter

Sep 20

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The Lonely Waters of the Bosphorus

Introducing Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar’s poem “Evening”

Sep 3

The Lonely Waters of the Bosphorus

Sep 3

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The Moonlight is a Belt Around Her Waist

Introducing eight poems by the Ahmet Haşim, the Night Poet

Jun 11

The Moonlight is a Belt Around Her Waist

Jun 11

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How Zağar Mehmet Went to Prison

A translation of Sabahattin Ali’s classic short story “The Canal”

Jun 2

How Zağar Mehmet Went to Prison

Jun 2

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A Turkish Tale of a Drowned Man

Introducing Sabahattin Ali’s story “Hasan Drowned”

Apr 15

A Turkish Tale of a Drowned Man

Apr 15

Published in

What Nationalism Means to Me

Turkish author Halide Edib Adıvar on the task of the intellectual

Nov 19, 2024

What Nationalism Means to Me

Nov 19, 2024

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Childhood, Interrupted

On growing up as a Turkish refugee in Cyprus

Nov 6, 2024

Childhood, Interrupted

Nov 6, 2024

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Short Story from a Turkish Prison

“The Wall” by Sabahattin Ali

Sep 5, 2024

Short Story from a Turkish Prison

Sep 5, 2024

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Poems from a Turkish Prison

The prison poetry of Sabahattin Ali

Sep 4, 2024

Poems from a Turkish Prison

Sep 4, 2024

Aysel K. Basci

Aysel K. Basci

I am a US based writer/literary translator. My work is in The Common, Washington Square Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, Columbia Journal, Los Angeles Review.

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