Needless to say, Ece Temelkuran is one of the most controversial names nowadays in Turkey. She has been writing since she was 19 years old. Ms. Temelkuran has published many books including, ‘Muz Sesleri’, (The Sounds of the Bananas), ‘Oğlum Kızım Devletim: Evlerden Sokaklara Tutuklu Anneleri’ (My Son, my Daughter, my State: The Mothers of Detainees from the Household to the Streets), ‘Biz Burada Devrim Yapıyoruz Sinyorita (We are having a Revolution here Senorita’). In her latest book, ‘Kayda Geçsin’ (On the Record’), she says: ‘I do not like the word, “hope”. I prefer the word “persistence” to “hope”. I […]