Kaya Genç
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Kaya Genç
@kayagenc
No longer on social media—please follow my newsletter for updates! Author of Şehir, The Lion and the Nightingale, Under the Shadow, Istanbul Anthology, & Macera
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    Kaya Genç
    @kayagenc
    Nov 28, 2025
    Otuz yıldır Türkiye’de yazarlık yapıyorum. Biri Türkçe, üçü İngilizce dört kitap yayınladım. Sanat ve kültür alanında ifade özgürlüğüne, demokrasi ve insan haklarına yönelik saldırılara dair makaleler, denemeler yazdım. Bu hafta 17 yıl aradan sonra yeni romanım, beşinci kitabım
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    Şehir
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    Kaya Genç
    @kayagenc
    Jul 23, 2024
    Sokak hayvanlarına katliam yasasını The New York Times’a (@nytimes) yazdım. Buradan ücretsiz okuyabilirsiniz:
    Dogs, too, enjoy spending time outside the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque in Istanbul.
    Opinion | When All Else Fails, Blame the Dogs (Gift Article)
    From nytimes.com
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    Kaya Genç
    @kayagenc
    Aug 2, 2024
    Bir bankacı Türkiye’nin futbol elitini nasıl dolandırdı? @thedialmag için üç aydır üzerinde çalıştığım bu yazıda Seçil Erzan’ın hikayesini ve yaptıklarını araştırdım, davadaki müvekkillerin avukatlarıyla konuştum ve yapbozun parçalarını bir araya getirdim:
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    Defrauding Istanbul’s Soccer Elite — The Dial
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    Kaya Genç
    @kayagenc
    Sep 3, 2024
    Istanbul, where people come to disappear, is also where many find themselves. My @mubinotebook essay on Crossing, Levan Akin’s tender, pensive new film:
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    A Place to Disappear: The Istanbul of “Crossing”
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    Kaya Genç
    @kayagenc
    Jul 23, 2024
    Sokak hayvanlarına katliam yasası The New York Times’ın (@nytimes) ana sayfasında nytimes.com/2024/07/23/opi…
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    Kaya Genç
    @kayagenc
    Aug 2, 2024
    The Seçil Erzan saga: How an indebted banker convinced players to invest in a “special fund.” For @thedialmag, my deep dive into the scandal that shook Turkey’s football world
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    Defrauding Istanbul’s Soccer Elite — The Dial
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    Kaya Genç
    @kayagenc
    Sep 3, 2024
    Levan Akin’in yeni filmi Geçiş (Crossing), Batum ve İstanbul’un kız kardeşliği üzerine: tutkulu ve cesur trans bireyler ve onları silmeye kararlı egemen kültürler. @mubinotebook için yazdım:
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    A Place to Disappear: The Istanbul of “Crossing”
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    Kaya Genç
    @kayagenc
    Jul 23, 2024
    As long as these stray dogs wander freely on Turkey’s streets, surviving on scraps and random acts of kindness, they are a quiet rebuke to a government immersed in its elite pomposities and increasingly disconnected from reality. Essay for @nytopinion:
    Dogs, too, enjoy spending time outside the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque in Istanbul.
    Opinion | When All Else Fails, Blame the Dogs (Published 2024)
    From nytimes.com
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    Kaya Genç
    @kayagenc
    Jul 23, 2024
    For @nytopinion:
    Dogs, too, enjoy spending time outside the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque in Istanbul.
    Opinion | When All Else Fails, Blame the Dogs (Gift Article)
    From nytimes.com
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    Kaya Genç
    @kayagenc
    Jan 20, 2024
    Nuri Bilge Ceylan ve Kuru Otlar Üstüne hakkında, @Artforum için: artforum.com/columns/kaya-g… @_nbc_ @nbc_film
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    MEAN STREAK
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