Insaf Yalcinkaya

Insaf Yalçinkaya is a Kurdish artist and poet born in Dersim in the Turkish part of Kurdistan. After a bachelor’s degree in business, she taught in Primary and Secondary schools. She was a political activist and political consultancy advisor in Turkey and studied for a certificate in Ceramic and Glass technology. She recently was artist in residence for the Scoop Foundation in Dublin and exhibited ceramics and text work in “Sinterella” at Glór in Ennis. She was part of a storytelling project, Naghali at Mother Tongues Festival in 2022.  Her poems are published in Correspondences an anthology to call for an end to Direct Provision by Stinging Fly, in the MASI Journal, in Flare 14 & 15 by Dublin’s Sunflower Sessions and Pendemic.ie. She was a participant in Culture Night in Mountshannon Art Festival, Irish Writer Centre- WomenXBorders, Dacemaron, Kilmainham and Inchicore festivals, and Poetry in Ireland. She was a performer at the Phizzfest – Phibsborough Community & Arts Festival. She has been a member of Dublin Writer’s Forum and joined Poetry in The Park Killarney. She has been a participant in Catherine Young’s Dance Group that was part the Big Bang Rhythm Festival in Dublin and Kerry. She was a member of Killarney Drama Circle where she was involved as a player and a musician.