Özen Yula

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Özen Yula’s first collection of short stories, Öbür Dünya Bilgisi (Knowledge from the Other World) was published in 1993. His plays have been translated to English, German, French, Italian, Finnish, Polish, Bulgarian, Bosnian, Japanese and Arabic. His recent play, Yala Ama Yutma (Lick but Don’t Swallow), caused a national controversy before it opened in Istanbul in 2010. An exploration of women’s rights and social justice, it was condemned by the fundamentalist press.

Books by Özen Yula