Ece Temelkuran’s landscape of belonging

The Wintering Sessions with Katherine May by Katherine May

Jan 24, 20261:00:31Arts

A modern sage who forewarned the world of the rise of fascism, writer Ece Temelkuran explains why she ‘put her heart in the freezer’ ten years ago when she fled her country of birth and how finding traces of home all aro...

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