TUĞÇE YERDELEN

born in Yalova. Having studied Radio and Television, Public Relations, and Business Administration, she is currently continuing her academic journey in the field of Sociology. Dedicated to writing, understanding, and storytelling, Tuğçe Yerdelen has served in various roles including reporter, editor, columnist, news director, and managing editor at several newspapers. She has held the positions of Vice President and Chair of the Women’s Committee at the Kastamonu Journalists Association (KGC), and she is the founding chair of the Women’s Branch of the Turkish Red Crescent (Kızılay) in Kastamonu. Furthermore, she is a member of the Turkish Photojournalists Association (TFMD) and the Anatolian Press Union. Throughout her career, Yerdelen has received numerous honors: the “Journalist of the Year” award from the “Vardiya Bizde” (It’s Our Turn) İzmir Platform in 2013; a plaque of appreciation from the Turkey Platform for Those Affected by Retirement Age Requirements (EYT) in 2014, an honorable mention in the General News category from the Kastamonu Journalists Association (KGC) in 2016, a plaque of appreciation from the Hz. Pir Şeyh Şa’ban-ı Veli Culture Foundation in 2017, a certificate of appreciation from the Young Historians Club of Kastamonu University (KÜ) in 2018, a plaque of appreciation from Kastamonu Entegre and a certificate of appreciation for “Leukemic Children’s Week” in 2019, and a certificate of participation and appreciation from the Turkish Education Foundation (TEV) and the Portakal Çiçeği International Visual Arts Colony in 2020.

Books:

I Wanted You to Know, Poetry, Klaros Publishing, 2022

It All Really Happened, Interview/Dialogue, Akdoğan Publishing, 2022

Pati’s Birthday Party, Children’s Literature, Akdoğan Publishing, 2023

Literature Within Life, ŞEY Kitap, 2023

The Never-Ending Novel, Artshop, 2023

In Pursuit of Words, ŞEY Kitap, 2026