Karin Karakasli

Karin Karakaşlı was born in Istanbul in 1972. From 1996 to 2006 she was a senior editor at the Turkish-Armenian weekly newspaper Agos, and a columnist for its Turkish and Armenian sections. Her books include the short story collections Başka dillerin şarkısı (Songs in Other Languages) and Can Kırıkları (Splinters of the Heart), a novel, Müsait bir yerde inebilir miyim (Can I Get Off At The Next Stop?), and the poetry collection Benim Gönlüm Gümüş (My Heart is of Silver). She is a columnist at Radikal 2 newspaper.