Spender and Leedom-Ackermann in Turkey

Photograph of Joanne Leedom-Ackerman, on the left, international secretary (2004-07) and vice-president emeritus of PEN International, with Jane Spender, on the right, programme director at PEN International (1997-2009) and...
TLRC in Diyarbakir-Amed

Photograph of members of the Translation and Linguistic Rights Committee in Diyarbakir-Amed in 2005. The TLRC met in Turkey for The International PEN Diyarbakir Seminar on Cultural Diversity, which...
PEN Diyarbakir Seminar

Photograph of the panel at The International PEN Diyarbakir Seminar on Cultural Diversity, which was organised by PEN International in collaboration with the Kurdish Centre and held in Diyarbakir-Amed...
Cegerxwîn Cultural Centre

Photograph of workers installing the name of the Cegerxwîn Kültür Merkezi (Cegerxwîn Cultural Centre) on the Centre's building in Diyarbakir-Amed in 2014. This Centre was named after the Kurdish...
Peace Conference in Diyarbakır-Amed

Photograph of panellists at the PEN 2016 Peace Conference in Diyarbakır-Amed, which was held on 25 September in Turkish, Kurdish and English. From left to right are: Halil Ibrahim...
Eugene Schoulgin at Peace Conference

Photograph of Eugene Schoulgin, member of the Norwegian and Swedish Centres, president of the Writers in Prison Committee (2000-04), international secretary (2007-10), and vice-president of PEN International, speaking at...
Four Board members in 2013

Photograph of members of the Kurdish Centre's new Board, after being elected during the Centre's 8th Conference, which took place in Diyarbakir-Amed on 18-19 May 2013. From left to...
Bêrîvan Doskî and Lucina Kathmann

Photograph of Bêrîvan Doskî, on the left, vice-president (2013-16) co-president (2016-19) and honorary president (2019-) of the Kurdish Centre, onstage with Lucina Kathmann, on the right, vice-president and treasurer...
Kurdish Centre's new Board 2013

Photograph of the Kurdish Centre's Board in 2013, after they were newly elected during the Centre's 8th Conference, which took place in Diyarbakir-Amed on 18-19 May 2013. From left...
Day of the Imprisoned Writer 2013

Photograph of Kurdish Centre members standing outside the Kurdish Centre in Diyarbakir-Amed. Bêrîvan Doskî, vice-president (2013-16) co-president (2016-19) and honorary president (2019-) of the Kurdish Centre, is standing in...
Kurdish Centre Board at 9th meeting

Photograph of Kurdish Centre members at the Kurdish Centre's 9th annual general meeting, which took place on 15 May 2016 in Diyarbakir-Amed. At this meeting a new Executive Board...
Centre members at 9th meeting

Photograph of Kurdish Centre members at the Kurdish Centre's 9th annual general meeting, which took place on 15 May 2016 in Diyarbakir-Amed. At this meeting a new Executive Board...
Jiří Dědeček at Kurdish Centre meeting

Photograph of Jiří Dědeček, president of the Czech Centre (2009-), speaking at the Kurdish Centre's 8th annual general meeting, which took place in Diyarbakir-Amed on 18-19 May 2013. Bêrîvan...
Kurdish Centre members at the 8th meeting

Photograph of Kurdish Centre members seated on stage at the Centre's 8th annual general meeting, which took place in Diyarbakir-Amed on 18-19 May 2013. From left to right, with...
Audience at the 8th meeting

Photograph of the audience at the Kurdish Centre's 8th annual general meeting, which took place in Diyarbakir-Amed on 18-19 May 2013. This photograph was taken by the Kurdish photographer...
PEN Members in Hasankeyf

Photograph of PEN members sharing lunch together in the ancient town of Hasankeyf. Among them are Bêrîvan Doskî, second from the right, vice-president (2013-16) co-president (2016-19) and honorary president...
8th Kurdish Centre Annual Meeting

Photograph of PEN members and associates gathered for the Kurdish Centre's 8th annual general meeting, which took place in Diyarbakir-Amed on 18-19 May 2013. Significantly, this was the first...
Kurdish Centre new Executive Board 2013

Photograph of the newly elected Kurdish Centre's Executive Board on stage at the Centre's 8th annual general meeting, which took place in Diyarbakir-Amed on 18-19 May 2013. Significantly, this...
Kurdish Centre at Cultural Diversity Seminar

Photograph of Kurdish Centre members seated at a seminar that was titled The International PEN Diyarbakir Seminar on Cultural Diversity. This seminar was organised by PEN International in collaboration...
Kurdish Centre cabinets after attack

Photograph wall cabinets at the Kurdish Centre's offices, which have been broken open and raided. On 2 February 2016, the offices of the Kurdish Centre in Sur Amed-Diyarbakir were...
Raided wall cabinets at Kurdish Centre

Photograph wall cabinets at the Kurdish Centre's offices, which have been broken open and raided. On 2 February 2016, the offices of the Kurdish Centre in Sur Amed-Diyarbakir were...
Damaged documents at the Kurdish Centre

Photograph of scattered files and documents on the floor of the Kurdish Centre's offices. On 2 February 2016, the offices of the Kurdish Centre in Sur Amed-Diyarbakir were attacked...
Scattered files and overturned desks

Photograph of scattered files and overturned furniture on the floor of the Kurdish Centre's offices. On 2 February 2016, the offices of the Kurdish Centre in Sur Amed-Diyarbakir were...
Damaged furniture at Kurdish Centre

Photograph of damaged cabinets and overturned furniture in the Kurdish Centre's offices. On 2 February 2016, the offices of the Kurdish Centre in Sur Amed-Diyarbakir were attacked and raided....
Damaged cabinets at Kurdish Centre

Photograph of raided cabinets and overturned furniture in the Kurdish Centre's offices. On 2 February 2016, the offices of the Kurdish Centre in Sur Amed-Diyarbakir were attacked and raided....
Destruction in Kurdish Centre offices

Photograph of damaged cabinets and desks in the Kudish Centre's offices. On 2 February 2016, the offices of the Kurdish Centre in Sur Amed-Diyarbakir were attacked and raided. This...
Damaged interiors of Kurdish Centre

Photograph of the damaged interior room of the Kurdish Centre, showing fire damage to furniture and walls. On 2 February 2016, the offices of the Kurdish Centre in Sur...
Kurdish Centre stairwell and doorway

Photograph of the stairwell at the Kurdish Centre looking down onto a shattered door at the entrance. On 2 February 2016, the offices of the Kurdish Centre in Sur...
Raided inner room of Kurdish Centre

Photograph of the raided and damaged interior room of the Kurdish Centre. On 2 February 2016, the offices of the Kurdish Centre in Sur Amed-Diyarbakir, were attacked and raided....
Fire damage at Kurdish Centre

Photograph of the raided and damaged interior room of the Kurdish Centre, showing fire damage to its benches. On 2 February 2016, the offices of the Kurdish Centre in...
Destroyed office at Kurdish Centre

Photograph of the raided and damaged interior room of the Kurdish Centre. On 2 February 2016, the offices of the Kurdish Centre in Sur Amed-Diyarbakir were attacked and raided....
Kurdish Centre's shattered entrance

Photograph of the Kurdish Centre's shattered entrance door beneath the Centre's name plaque. On 2 February 2016, the offices of the Kurdish Centre in Sur Amed-Diyarbakir were attacked and...
Attack on the Kurdish Centre

Photograph of the Kurdish Centre's damaged offices, showing a shattered doorway above and blown out windows below. On 2 February 2016, the offices of the Kurdish Centre in Sur...
Broken windows and sculpture

Photograph of a damaged sculpture and broken windows outside the Kurdish Centre. On 2 February 2016, the offices of the Kurdish Centre in Sur Amed-Diyarbakir were attacked and raided....
Kurdish Centre courtyard after attack

Photograph of the courtyard outside the Kurdish Centre. On 2 February 2016, the offices of the Kurdish Centre in Sur Amed-Diyarbakir were attacked and raided. This took place during...
Damaged sculptures outside Kurdish Centre

Photograph of two damaged sculptures and a broken instrument lying in the courtyard of the Kurdish Centre. On 2 February 2016, the offices of the Kurdish Centre in Sur...