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Ahmet Bilge draws for bianet

Ahmet Bilge draws for bianet

With his drawings, Ahmet Bilge has been reaching out to his audience from behind bars via bianet, expressing criticisms of current issues concerning politics, the government, poverty and the gap between technology and our lives.

11 January 2022 Ahmet Bilge

Ahmet Bilge draws for bianet

LETTER FROM PRISON

Ahmet Bilge draws for bianet

Behind bars for 26 years, Ahmet Bilge has been contributing to bianet with his writings and drawings on the current issues on the country's agenda.

26 July 2021 Ahmet Bilge

Alive

PENNED BY ZEKİ LEON

Alive

I have been drawing since I was only two or three years old. I also like to colour my drawings. So, I am sending you my very first poem so you can publish. Maybe other children and grandparents will also be inspired.

1 September 2020 Zeki Leon A.K.

‘Everyone is a Bit of a Prisoner These Days…’

AHMET BİLGE DRAWS FOR BIANET

‘Everyone is a Bit of a Prisoner These Days…’

Behind bars for 26 years, writer and illustrator Ahmet Bilge draws for bianet. In his last letter, he has sent his drawings about the coronavirus outbreak, attaching the note, “Everyone is a bit of a prisoner these days…”

‘They Didn’t Give Me My Own Book Because It was in Kurdish’

AHMET BİLGE DRAWS FOR BIANET

‘They Didn’t Give Me My Own Book Because It was in Kurdish’

Behind bars for 26 years, writer and illustrator Ahmet Bilge draws for bianet.

‘No One Talks About This Injustice’

AHMET BİLGE DRAWS FOR BİANET

‘No One Talks About This Injustice’

Behind bars for 26 years, writer and illustrator Ahmet Bilge has drawn for bianet.

24 February 2020

'Maybe There is So Much Heat in This Geography to Avoid Facing the Real Problems...'

AHMET BİLGE DRAWS FOR BİANET

'Maybe There is So Much Heat in This Geography to Avoid Facing the Real Problems...'

Behind bars for 26 years, writer and illustrator Ahmet Bilge has sent his "heated" drawings to bianet, attaching the note, "Maybe there is so much heat in this geography to avoid facing the real problems, who knows?"

3 February 2020

Drawings That Could Escape Prison

AHMET BİLGE DRAWS FOR BİANET

Drawings That Could Escape Prison

Behind bars for 26 years, writer and illustrator Ahmet Bilge has sent bianet his drawings "that were not found objectionable by the censorship committee."

30 December 2019

‘It is Pretty Hard Work to Do it Behind Bars’

AHMET BİLGE DRAWS FOR BIANET

‘It is Pretty Hard Work to Do it Behind Bars’

Behind bars for 26 years, writer and illustrator Ahmet Bilge has drawn for bianet: “If you want the drawings to be in color, I can do it. But, it is pretty hard work to do it behind bars.”

19 November 2019