ŞENOL ALÇINKAYA

I was born in Istanbul in 1965. I have served on the boards of various cultural and social associations and have also worked as a volunteer for several of them. These include the Turkey Kidney and Organ Transplant Volunteers (Türkiye Böbrek ve Organ Nakli Gönüllüleri) and ÇEKSED (Association for Contemporary Literature, Culture, and Art). Additionally, I have served as an editor-in-chief for the literary magazines “Kardelen” and “Edebiyat Gezgini”.

My first poem was published in “Tay” magazine. Other publications, anthologies, websites, and newspapers that have featured my poetry include: “Yeni Dönem”, “Hardem Dostluk Dayanışma Antolojisi”, “Londra Avrupa Gazetesi”, “Kardelen”, “Kültür Çağlayanı”, “Önce Vatan”, “Adana Evrim”, “Ozan”, “Yöneticimiz ve Biz”, “Aydın Efesi”, “Aydın Güzel Hisar”, “Aydın Bakış”, “Habersim”, “Son Gemi”, “Güncel Sanat”, “1kafa Sesi”, “Dergizan”, “Çınar Dibi”, “Seçkince Söyleşiler”, the “Cemal Süreyya 4th International Poetry Selection”, the “Sivas Madımak Poetry Anthology”, and the “International Thessaloniki Selection”. Furthermore, my poems have been translated into and published in English, Romanian, and Greek.

My published book is: “Yağmuraltı Şiirler” (2016).