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İrfan Aktan

 

İrfan Aktan: 1981 yılında Hakkâri’nin Yüksekova ilçesine bağlı Karlı (Befircan) köyünde doğdu. Ankara Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi`nden mezun oldu. Aynı üniversitenin Kadın Çalışmaları Anabilim Dalı`nda yüksek lisans okudu. Nazê/Bir Göçüş Öyküsü ile Zehir ve Panzehir: Kürt Sorunu/Faşizmin Şartı Kaç? isimli yayımlanmış iki kitabı bulunuyor. Bûka Baranê, Nazê, Arka Bahçenin İnsanları, Ömer Eve Gel gibi belgesellerin yapımında çalıştı. Birgün gazetesinde editörlük yaptı. Express, Bianet, Nokta, Newsweek Türkiye ve Yeni Aktüel gibi yayınlarda çalıştı. Bir süre İMC TV`nin Ankara Temsilciliği`ni yürüttü. Halen Express Dergisi’nde yazarlık ve muhabirlik yapıyor.

İrfan Aktan was born in 1981 in the village of Karlı (Befircan) in the district of Yüksekova in Hakkâri. He graduated from the Department of Communications at Ankara University. He earned his master`s degree in the Department of Women`s Studies at Ankara University as well. He has published two books with the titles Nazê/Bir Göçüş Öyküsü (Nazê/A Story of Migration) and Zehir ve Panzehir: Kürt Sorunu/Faşizmin Şartı Kaç? (Poison and Antidote: The Kurdish Question/How Many Pillars of Fascism are There?). He worked on the production of documentaries like Bûka Baranê (Children Chasing the Rainbow), Nazê, Arka Bahçenin İnsanları (People of the Backyard), and Ömer Eve Gel (Ömer Come Home). He served as editor for Birgün newspaper, and he worked for publications like Express, Bianet, Nokta, Newsweek Turkey, and Yenk Aktüel. He also served as İMC TV`s Ankara Correspondent. He currently works as a writer and reporter for Express Journal.

ARTICLES BY İrfan Aktan

  • Lo sivano, ‘kine em?’—Hey Sivan, Who Are We?

    Lo sivano, ‘kine em?’—Hey Sivan, Who Are We?

    Lo şivano, “kîne em?”—Hey Şivan, Who Are We?

    Şivan Perwer came to prominence in the 1980s—at a time when Saddam in Iraq and the September 12 military junta in Turkey pursued a policy of wholesale elimination of the Kurds—by asking a question: “Kîne em?” (Who are we?)

  • Lo sivano, ‘kine em?’—Ey sivan, biz kimiz?

    Lo sivano, ‘kine em?’—Ey sivan, biz kimiz?

    Lo şivano, `kîne em?`—Ey şivan, biz kimiz?

    Şivan Perwer, Irak’ta Saddam’ın, Türkiye’de ise 12 Eylül cuntasının Kürtleri topyekûn bertaraf etme politikası güttüğü 1980’li yıllarda bir soru sorarak öne çıkmıştı: “Kîne em?” (Biz kimiz?)

    Marksist Kürt şair Cegerxwin’in 19..