4 Year 400 Episodes
Dear Listener, With this episode, Perxudres Podcast marks its 4th anniversary and its 400th episode. When I first started recording with a phone microphone
The Innocence of Kurdish Translation and Pamuk, Orhan Pamuk
The Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk received the Nobel Prize in 2006. To this day, I consider it a point of pride and
From Ardahan to Ankara: The Memoirs of Yüksel Avşar
The politician from the Serhed region, Yüksel Avşar, has penned her memoirs, spanning a life lived between Ardahan and Ankara. These memoirs
From Moscow to Mesopotamia Cycling
The Russian writer Leo Tolstoy began cycling at the age of 67. Literary historians note that during that year, Tolstoy fell into
The Way of Rohat Alakom and the Way of Rêya Teze
In 2023, the writer Rohat Alakom, originally from Kağızman-Kars, published a book about the newspaper Rêya Teze (The New Way), which was published across
The Serpent and Death in Dersim Mythology
Our elders in Suruç used to say that it is a serpent’s greatest longing to look, safe and sound, into the eyes
The Letter of Guhdar D.: Take Me To Kharpert
My mother drinks another glass of wine and begins to cry; she weeps and continues slowly through her tears: “My father wouldn’t
Şakiro Ji Kê Ra Go Siktir Be Here?
Etîmolojî dibêje ‘’kufr’’a bi Erebî li ser mehneya redkirina dîn tê gotin û koka wê jî ‘’kephar’’a bi Aramî-Suryanî ye ku mehneya
Mektûba Guhdar D.: Min Bibe Xarpêt
Qedehek şeraba din vedixwe dîya min, dest bi girîyê dike, digirî û di ber hêsirên xwe re dewam dike hêdî hêdî: ”Bavê