ink & youngIssue 1 · October 2026

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Issue 1, October 2026

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This issue gathers poems, stories and essays written on the banks of the waters that run from the Drina to the Bosphorus.

  1. Šapat avlijePoetry, Emina Hadžić5
  2. Vapur DüdüğüPoetry, Işıl Güçlü7
  3. The Blue That TravelledArt, Theo Marlow9
  4. Leylekler Geç KaldıFiction, Şule Doğanay12
  5. Čuvar ćuprijeFiction, Đurđa Šehić18
  6. Papir koji pamti voduArt, Mirza Kovačević22
  7. My Grandmother's TurkishEssay, Amra Begić Wells27
  8. İğne ile Kuyu: Çevirinin SabrıEssay, Ömer Çağlar31
  9. Sevdah, or the Art of LongingCulture, Hana Lindqvist40

FictionBosnian

Čuvar ćuprije

Svako jutro, prije nego što se čaršija probudi, starac Ćamil silazi do ćuprije i broji kamenje.

Đurđa ŠehićIssue 1

EssayTurkish

İğne ile Kuyu: Çevirinin Sabrı

Boşnakçadaki Türkçe kelimeler, bir dilin ötekine nasıl misafir olduğunu gösterir. Çevirmen ise o misafirliğin kâtibidir.

Ömer ÇağlarIssue 1

Culture

Sevdah, or the Art of Longing

My mother sang sevdalinke while washing dishes in a flat in south London. It took me thirty years to understand what she was singing about.

Hana LindqvistIssue 1

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