Jaklin Çelik

Jaklin Çelik was born in Diyarbakır, but at a young age moved with her parents to Kumkapı, Istanbul. She studied at the Surp Mesropyan Armenian primary school and at the Çemberlitaş High School. She left school at 7th class and worked in various jobs. Çelik, who worked as both a columnist and editor for Agos, the Turkish-Armenian Istanbul based paper, has also published stories and interviews in various journals. In 1999 she won honourable mention in the Yaşar Nabi Nayır Short Story Awards. Her short stories are collected in three books: Kum Saatinde Kumpkapı (The Hour Glass of Kumkapı, 2000), Yılanın Yolu (The Snake’s Trail, 2003) and Kaçak Yolcu (Stowaway, 2005).

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