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Bilkent News Interviews Author Ayþe Kulin
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 Last Week, on November 23, Ayþe Kulin, one of the most popular Turkish writers in recent years, was invited to Bilkent to discuss her latest book with students and staff, through the cooperation of Yeni Ufuklar Kulübü. Before her speech, Bilkent News student reporters, interviewed Kulin.
At the very beginning of the interview, Kulin talked about her previous jobs, saying that “I am delighted being a writer, rather than being an art director or in the public relations field”. Nowadays, she is currently involved in a number of projects, and is infact about to finish the screenplay for a new book “Köprü” which will be made into a movie soon. How to explain Kulin’s great success in the field of biographic novels? It may be due, in part, to the avid demand in Turkish Society for real life stories. When asked, “Have you ever wanted or thought about your life being written as a Biography?” Kulin responded: “I really don’t think my life is full and rich enough to be written as a biography and so I have never thought of writing my own autobiography.” As one could imagine, Ayþe Kulin receives many offers to write people’s biographies; she is, however, very selective regarding ones she actually chooses.
Kulin believes that every writer inevitably injects some of their own life into their stories: “It is impossible for a writer not to reflect some of his/her life, feelings and ideas into their stories and characters. I am sure I have done the same thing in my books, but you are not aware of it while writing.” Kulin says she writes her books only after a great deal of research; a great deal must be learned before the writing can actually begin. For her latest book “Köprü” she travelled throughout the Eastern part of Turkey and her research lasted some 6 months. “Writing comes as it is; however, the research takes a long time,” asserts Kulin. When asked which of her books she likes the most, she replied: “Füreyya”.
Many of you have possibly read “Adý Aylin” which is based on the real life of a woman named Aylin. When Kulin was asked “What do you think the reason was for Aylin’s death at the very end of the book?”, she laughed and responded: “It was just the time at which she was fated to die...,” and adding, “Such a woman could never commit suicide.” Which just might be the clue those who were wondering about the reason for Aylin’s death were looking for.
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