Ayse Gunaysu

Ayse Gunaysu is a professional translator, human rights advocate, and feminist. She has been a member of the Committee Against Racism and Discrimination of the Human Rights Association of Turkey (Istanbul branch) since 1995, and is a columnist for Ozgur Gundem. Since 2008, she writes a column titled "Letters from Istanbul," for the Armenian Weekly.
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Gunaysu: A ‘Bolsetsi’ in Los Angeles

I was in Los Angeles from Nov. 23-27, a place I never imagined I would go! Long journeys to unknown…

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Gunaysu: Denial Is a Hate Crime and Denialist Discourse Is Hate Speech

“It is as if a general orphan-like spirit floats over the [Muslim] quarter. Laziness, an apathetic attitude toward life is…

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Gunaysu: Snapshots from the Fragmented Landscape of Turkey

This time my column will have no structural integrity. It will be fragmented just like life itself and just like…

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Gunaysu: Kurds Challenge Turkish Nation-State

On Dec. 20, 2010, Turkish members of parliament, including the ultra-nationalist MHP, Islamist AKP, nationalist CHP, and others, were listening…

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Gunaysu: Armenian, Turkish Publishers Launch Book on Akhtamar in Van

Sarafian (L) and Koker during the book event. (Photo by Ayse Gunaysu) It’s Sept. 17, two days before church services…

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Gunaysu: Akhtamar: A Lost Paradise

My Akhtamar visit was a huge pile of mixed thoughts and feelings, mainly that of despair and indignation from being…

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Gunaysu: A Turkey Classic: Grotesque Co-Existence of Make-Believe Liberalism and Fascism

The Turkish state recently made a simultaneously liberal and fascistic move on the same subject: the “Armenian issue.” The result…

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Gunaysu: Silenced but Resilient: A Groundbreaking Panel Discussion in Istanbul

It was an unusually hot and very exciting day. It would be the first time that critics of Turkish intellectuals’…

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Gunaysu: Turkish State Wages War Against Kurdish Civilian Political Movement

North Kurdistan People’s Initiative calls for “total revolt” (Special report from Istanbul by Armenian Weekly columnist Ayse Gunaysu) ISTANBUL, Turkey…

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Gunaysu: Dreams of Peace May Come True After 25 Years of War

Thirty-four PKK (Kurdish Workers’ Party) members were released after their surrender to Turkish security forces in support of the peace…

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