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'I spent 30 years in prison imagining becoming a free poet'

'I spent 30 years in prison imagining becoming a free poet'

Kurdish poet İlhan Sami Çomak, 51, was freed last week after serving 30 years in prison.

3 December 2024 Evrim Deniz

Kurdish poet İlhan Sami Çomak released from prison after 30 years

Kurdish poet İlhan Sami Çomak released from prison after 30 years

“I had imagined being freed on a brighter and sunnier day, seeing the light in my loved ones’ eyes in a different atmosphere. But this is good too—I’m free at last," Çomak said upon his release.

27 November 2024

İlhan Sami Çomak: The poet who breeches walls and frontiers

İlhan Sami Çomak: The poet who breeches walls and frontiers

The Kurdish poet has been incarcerated for almost three decades and was denied release, even though he was eligible for conditional release in August.

24 November 2023 Nedim Türfent

İlhan Sami Çomak awarded the 15th Metin Altıok Poetry Prize

İlhan Sami Çomak awarded the 15th Metin Altıok Poetry Prize

Imprisoned for 28 years, İlhan Sami Çomak has been awarded the poetry prize for his book “Hayattayız Nihayet” (We are finally alive).

İlhan Çomak videos to be screened in Borders Art Festival in Venice

İlhan Çomak videos to be screened in Borders Art Festival in Venice

Two videos about jailed poet İlhan Çomak will be screened in the “Fragmented Identities” section of the Borders Festival in Venice. Jailed for 26 years, Çomak was appointed as an Honorary Member of PEN Norway earlier this year.

1 September 2020

New honorary members of PEN Norway: İlhan Sami Çomak and Ilham Tohti

New honorary members of PEN Norway: İlhan Sami Çomak and Ilham Tohti

Upon the recommendation of the Writers in Prison Committee, PEN Norway has appointed İlhan Sami Çomak and Ilham Tohti as its new honorary members.