‘The remarkable thing about Çomak’s work is its lack of bitterness. We might expect anger, or a railing against injustice but instead he writes about love and hope and freedom.’ – Irish Times
Turkey’s longest-serving student prisoner, internationally-regarded Kurdish poet and honorary Irish PEN member Ilhan Sami Çomak was denied release due on 21 August 2024. His latest poetry collection Separated from the Sun: poems by İlhan Sami Çomak, Edited by Caroline Stockford is available from Smokestack Books.
Read more about Ilhan Sami Çomak and the global campaign for his freedom over on Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann
Visit Çomak’s website and sign the petition to free the poet Ilhan Sami Çomak.
Shauna Gilligan Writer 