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: ‘The tongue cannot describe what the eye sees’

“One day I was told to stand on one foot. After some time I collapsed. This was to be punished.…

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Gunaysu: Neither Yes, Nor No

I really cannot remember how many times I wrote that Turkey is a country full of paradoxes, where there is…

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Gunaysu: The Impossibility of Discussing Giro Manoyan’s Comments in Turkey

On Fri., Sept. 4, the daily Taraf, the beloved newspaper of the democratic, anti-militarist, and liberal opposition circles in Turkey,…

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Gunaysu: Turkish Perception of the Recent US Court Ruling

Among thousands of news items showering down from international agencies, none of the Turkish dailies or TV channels skipped the…

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Turkish National Assembly Blocks Distribution of Genocide Book to Members

Armenian Weekly columnist Ayse Gunaysu reports from Istanbul on yet another effort by the Turkish Grand National Assembly to stifle…

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Gunaysu: Armenians and Kurds

Lately there has been a hopeful atmosphere in Turkey for the settlement of the so-called “Kurdish issue,” which for around…

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Gunaysu: The Jews of Turkey and the Armenian Genocide

A groundbreaking book by independent scholar and historian Rifat Bali was published recently in Turkey, unearthing facts and first-hand accounts…

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Blue Book Sent to Turkish Parliamentarians

In 2005, 550 members of the Turkish Grand National Assembly (TGNA) signed  a letter addressed to the  British Parliament  arguing…

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Kurds: ‘We remember, we share your grief’

On April 24 this year, “Gunluk,” the Kurds’ only newspaper in Turkey printed in the Turkish language, featured a big…

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‘Death Wells’ and the Suppression of Truth

All suppressed truths become poisonous. — Friedrich Nietzsche in his Thus Spoke Zarathustra The Armenian Weekly April 2009 Magazine Suppressed truth…

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