Cengiz Bektaş receieves 2018 Poetry Award
Cengiz Bektaş receieves 2018 Poetry Award
Photogaph of participants of a ceremony held in Istanbul on 21 March 2018, World Poetry Day, to award Cengiz Bektaş the Turkish Centre’s 2018 PEN Poetry Award. From left to right are: Tarık Günersel, Board member of PEN International (2010-12) and president of the Turkish Centre (2007-09); Tülin Dursun, general secretary of the Turkish Centre (2015-); Zeynep Aliye, treasurer of the Turkish Centre (2015-); Halil İbrahim Özcan, vice-president of the Turkish Centre (2015-); unknown; Müge Gürsoy Sökmen, chair of the Turkish Centre’s Writers in Prison Committee; Cengiz Bektaş; Egemen Berköz, winner of the 2017 award; Zeynep Oral, president of the Turkish Centre (2015-); and Eray Canberk, winner of the 2013 award.
























