Müge İplikçi

Müge İplikçi
Iplikci in 2024
Iplikci in 2024
Born (1966-10-18) 18 October 1966
Istanbul, Türkiye
OccupationJournalist and author
EducationKadıköy Anatolian High School
Alma materIstanbul University (BA, MA)
Ohio State University
Notable awardsYaşar Nabi Nayır Youth Award (1996)
Children1
Website
mugeiplikci.com

Muge Iplikci (born 18 October 1966) is a Turkish journalist, author of contemporary literature and radio presenter.

Early life and education

Iplikci was born in Istanbul, Türkiye, in 1966[1] and was raised in the Koşuyolu neighbourhood of Kadıköy. She was educated at Kadıköy Anatolian High School.[2]

Iplikci studied a bachelor's degree at the Department of English Language and Literature and a master's degree at the Women's Studies Department of the Institute of Social Sciences, both at Istanbul University (IU).[2] Her masters thesis was titled "Popular Culture and Women: Semiotic Interpretation in Music Videos."[2] She has also studied at Ohio State University, United States.[1]

Career

Iplikci is a Turkish journalist and author of contemporary literature in the form of short stories, novellas and novels.[3][4] She began her writing career at magazines such as Adam Öykü and bi-monthly short story magazine Eşik Cini.[2] Her novels feature women centred narratives.[5]

In 1996, Iplikci won first place at the Yaşar Nabi Nayır Youth Awards [tr]. In 1997 she won third place at the Haldun Taner Öykü Ödülü Awards [tr].[2][6][7] Some of her short stories have been translated into English,[4] including, Kafdağı which was translated by Nilgün Dungan in 2014.[8][9]

Alongside writing Iplikci has encouraged reading habits among women in Türkiye's rural neighbourhoods by participating in events organised by the Nilüfer and Konak Municipalities,[10][11] reading excerpts from her books. She also leads workshops for young journalists,[6] was a member of the Writers in Prison Committee (WIPC) of the Turkish PEN Centre for three years and is chair of the Turkish Women Writers Committee.[1]

Iplikci founded Açık Radyo,[12] which was shut down in 2024 six months after a guest spoke on air about the Armenian genocide.[13] She also produced Sabun Köpüğü and Ömer Madra[12] and presents Zeytin Dalı with Nazan Haydari.[14]

Iplikci was named a BBC 100 Woman in 2014.[15]

Selected works

  • Perende (1998)[1]
  • Columbus'un Kadınları (2000)[1]
  • Arkası Yarın (2001)[1]
  • Transit Yolcular (2002)[1][16]
  • Kül ve Yel (2003)[1][6]
  • Cemre (2006)[6]
  • Kafdağı (2008, about Mount Qaf)[4][6]
  • Yalancı Şahit (2010, Iplikci's first young adult novel[7])
  • Koşayolu, Dünyalar Kadar (2010)[6]
  • Yıkık Kentli Kadınlar (2011)[17]
  • Acayip Bir Deniz Yolculuğu (2012)[7]
  • Saklambaç (2013)[7]
  • Kömür Karası Çocuk (2014)[7]
  • Dondurmam Tılsım (2016)[7]
  • Sil Baştan (2019)[2]
  • Kalpten Seven İnsanlar (2020)[18]
  • Ah Be Melek (2023, short stories collected edited by Aslı Güneş[19])

Her short stories have also been included in Istanbul Noir (2008)[20] and the Book of Istanbul: A City in Short Fiction (2015).[21]

Awards

  • 1996, Yaşar Nabi Nayır Youth Award
  • 1997, Haldun Taner Award, Third Place
  • 2010, ÇGYD Children and Youth Publications Association Jury Special Award

Personal life

Iplikci is married to Ruşen Çakır and they have a son.[7][22]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Müge Iplikçi". Words Without Borders. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Sözlüğü, Türk Edebiyatı İsimler. "Müge İplikçi". teis.yesevi.edu.tr (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 11 July 2025. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  3. ^ Rahim, Sameer (16 April 2013). "Turkish literature to look out for". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 18 October 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  4. ^ a b c "Contemporary Turkish Women Writers Available in English Translation". Global Literature in Libraries Initiative. 8 August 2017. Archived from the original on 30 March 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  5. ^ "Müge İplikçi'yle Kafdağı üzerine söyleşi". Haber7 (in Turkish). Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  6. ^ a b c d e f "Tuğrul Eryılmaz'dan Gazeteciliğe Giriş, Müge İplikçi'den Bir Öğle Vakti". Bianet (in Turkish). Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g "Müge İplikçi". Günışığı Kitaplığı. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  8. ^ Uslu, Muazzez (5 February 2014). "Representation of the Turkish literature in English: translations of short stories as a case". Istanbul University Journal of Translation Studies. 3 (5): 1–38. ISSN 2717-6959.
  9. ^ Horzum, Şafak; Ağın, Başak (4 May 2021). "A Chronological Bibliography of Turkish Literature in English Translation: 2004 – 2020". Translation Review. 110 (1): 39–47. doi:10.1080/07374836.2021.1939214. ISSN 0737-4836.
  10. ^ "Yazarlar İzmir İçin Okuyor'un Konuğu Müge İplikçi". Son Dakika (in Turkish). 13 May 2013. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  11. ^ "Yazar Müge İplikçi Nilüferli kadınlarla buluştu İhlas Haber Ajansı". İhlas Haber Ajansı (IHA) (in Turkish). 10 April 2025. Archived from the original on 10 April 2025. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  12. ^ a b Haydari, Nazan (1 October 2015). "Sabun Köpüğü: Popular Culture, the Everyday, and Representation of Feminist Politics through Radio in Turkey". Feminist Media Histories. 1 (4): 108–125. doi:10.1525/fmh.2015.1.4.108.
  13. ^ "Turkey shuts down radio station in Armenia genocide row". France 24. 16 October 2024. Archived from the original on 22 February 2025. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  14. ^ Akser, Murat; McCollum, Victoria (6 October 2021). Alternative Media in Contemporary Turkey: Sustainability, Activism, and Resistance. Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. ISBN 978-1-78661-064-5.
  15. ^ "Who are the 100 Women 2014?". BBC News. 26 October 2014. Archived from the original on 28 May 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  16. ^ "Müge İplikçi'den Yeni öyküler: Transit Yolcular". Kayıp Paylaşımlar Koleksiyoncusu. Archived from the original on 15 May 2025. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  17. ^ Dole, Christopher T. (8 April 2025). Living On: Psychiatry and the Future of Disaster in Turkey. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-1-5036-4252-2.
  18. ^ Dedeoğlu, Ebru D. (28 November 2020). "Müge İplikçi: Yüzleşmek zordur üstelik cilalanmışsak". Cumhuriyet (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  19. ^ emresiyahoglu (11 June 2024). "Kitap İncelemesi: Müge İplikçi – Ah Be Melek (Öykü) | Absurdizi" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 18 April 2025. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  20. ^ Ziyalan, Mustafa; Spangler, Amy (2008). Istanbul Noir. Akashic Books. ISBN 978-1-933354-62-0.
  21. ^ "The Book of Istanbul - A City in Short Fiction". Comma Press. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  22. ^ "Ruşen Çakır'ın 'ev halleri'ni bilir misiniz?". Gazeteciler (in Turkish). 18 January 2010. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
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