Alphan Vardarlı

A poet, a researcher and a self-trained painter born in 1978. Been writing poetry since he was 15 years old. In his 20’s he collaborated with peers from the University of Amsterdam to publish an online magazine and a zine, where his poetry, drawings and collages took part. In his 30’s he took to the stage reading his poetry in Spoken Word İstanbul and the poetry events of different literature groups in Çanakkale. Çanakkale Olay Newspaper also printed his poems in the newspaper’s art pages. Falling to a Tea House Garden/Çay Bahçesine Düşerken a bilingual poetry book was published by Kavim Yayınları in 2017. He self published As is Love, a poetry book in 2019.