Ali Baran Y.
He is a writer from both the south and north of Türkiye, currently based in Spain. He writes in English and is interested in memory, movement, and the quiet ways people learn to belong to places that are not entirely theirs. His work often grows out of observation, listening, and living slightly to the side of things. The Story of Desponia is his first published short story.
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Book
The Story of Desponia
Publications
2025, Mediterranean Matters (forthcoming)
Memoir essay titled Safe Among My Mediterranean Ladies, selected for publication in Mediterranean Matters Zine, an open-call publication by Mediterranean Commune. The issue focuses on the theme Memory & Places, exploring the relationship between memory, movement, and lived experience in the Mediterranean. The essay engages with questions of place, belonging, and personal memory within a Mediterranean context.
Memoir essay titled Safe Among My Mediterranean Ladies, selected for publication in Mediterranean Matters Zine, an open-call publication by Mediterranean Commune. The issue focuses on the theme Memory & Places, exploring the relationship between memory, movement, and lived experience in the Mediterranean. The essay engages with questions of place, belonging, and personal memory within a Mediterranean context.