The new podcast series "Elim Kalem de Tutar Kadeh de"

TWO NEW EPISODES OF THE PODCAST SERIES “ELIM KALEM DE TUTAR KADEH DE” IN WHICH ARLIN CICEKCI AND MEVSIM YENICE ARE HOSTED, ARE ON AIR!

The new podcast series "Elim Kalem de Tutar Kadeh de", in which Deniz Yuce Basarir, the experienced broadcaster, hosts the young female authors of our literature, is in the ears of the audience with two new episodes hosting Arlin Cicekci and Mevsim Yenice! In the second episode of the series, which includes lively conversations where joy is intertwined with rebellion and sadness with laughter, Arlin Cicekci, the author, who won the 2023 Duygu Asena Novel Award with her second novel, Servi Nine and Uc Guzeller, states "My intention was not to highlight the violence against the women in the novel. I even resisted this. However, when I observed that it was proceeding with sincerity, I decided to set myself free.". The guest of the third episode is Mevsim Yenice, who is one of the important storytellers of the young generation, speaks sincerely about the factors that push her to write stories, and to what she pays attention while setting a story, and how she re-finds meaning even though she sometimes doubts about her work. The episodes of the series "Elim Kalem de Tutar Kadeh de", which has been prepared with the support of Mey|Diageo, are available on all channels, through which podcasts can be listened, especially Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and CastBox !

Deniz Yuce Basarir, an experienced name in the publishing world, intends to better introduce our productive and important authors, who bring the voice of the 21st century to their pages, through the new podcast series "Elim Kalem de Tutar Kadeh de". While listening to the series, in which Basarir hosts our "80s generation" female authors at her table for a sweet literary conversation, the sounds of laughter, heels and  wineglasses of the women in Türkiye are being heard as well as the sound of their pens.

“The geography in which we live is very rich and colorful.”

In the second episode of "Elim Kalem de Tutar Kadeh de", Deniz Yuce Basarir hosts Arlin Cicekci, the author, whose first novel, Beserbazin Marifeti, was published in 2021, and who won the 2023 Duygu Asena Novel Award with her second novel, Servi Nine and Uc Guzeller. The episode, in which Cicekci explains a young author's search for her own path and voice with all sincerity and humility, not only makes the readers, who are interested in literature, happy to meet a new and soft-spoken author, but also encourages and guides aspiring writers who are committed to writing. In the episode, a chapter, which reflects the fairytale language of the young author's award-winning novel, Servi Nine and Uc Guzeller, meets the audience through voice of Basarir.

Arlin Cicekci, stating "Writing without having right conduct took a long time and it was difficult; however, it gave me a pleasure that I would not miss for the world.", says "The geography in which we live is very rich and colorful, and it is impossible not to benefit from it. "When I hear a dialect and when I hear a new word, I absorb it like a sponge.".

“I feel trapped like the rest of us.”

The guest of the third episode of "Elim Kalem de Tutar Kadeh de" is Mevsim Yenice, one of the important storytellers of the young generation, who won the honorable mention at the Notre Dame de Sion Literature Awards with her first book, Tekme Tokatli Sehir Rehberi, which was published in 2017. Yenice tells us about the factors that push her to write stories, and to what she pays attention while setting a story. The questions asked by Deniz Yuce Basarir reveal a young storyteller as well as a young woman who communes with the problems of the society in which she lives. In the episode, Basarir also reads a chapter of the story, called Bataklik Baligi, which is included in the author's second book, Bilinmeyen Sular, for the audience.

Mevsim Yenice, says "We live in Türkiye. I am a woman, and I am a young person. As an author, as a woman author, I have been already assigned with specific limits, goals and tasks. I feel trapped inside them.", and she adds: "Like all of us…" the young author explains that, although she sometimes doubts about her work, one of the most meaningful things that happened to her is that one of her readers wrote her a letter after reading her stories in the prison: “My stories made the time, which s/he spent there, a little bit more valuable. This is it! Who should read it? Let anyone, who needs it, read it. If my stories are to make her/him feel good, and if they are to touch a sensitive point, and if they are to set her/him on a path, and if they are to serve a purpose, then I hope my stories will find that reader."

The cover image of the series "Elim Kalem de Tutar Kadeh de", which has been drawn up by Deniz Yuce Basarir with the contributions of Mey|Diageo, a great supporter of culture and arts, bears the signature of Huban Korman, the award-winning illustrator. All episodes of the series are available on all channels, through which podcasts can be listened, especially Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and CastBox .

ABOUT DENIZ YUCE BASARIR

She studied psychology. After working as a voice actor, translator, television programmer and presenter, she started the publishing as an editor at Dogan Kitap in 2003. She left the publishing house in 2016 while she was the publishing director, and in the same year, she took part as chief director in the founding team of the Hep Kitap. Basarir, who left this position in March 2019, currently meets her audience as the voice of many books on Storytel and through her podcast called "Ben Okurum". The book "Perde Kapanmasa Gorecektiniz, Kâmran Yuce’nin Arsivinden Kent Oyunculari’nin Kurulus Hikâyesi (1959-1986), which was written by Basarir based on the archive of Kâmran Yuce, the master theater man, who is her father and one of the founders of Kent Oyunculari, met the readers in October 2021.