born in 1988, is a Kurdish artist from Mardin.
Guest artist at Villa Romana from July to August 2019

Heja Türk has worked in several genres and is currently producing a film and recording her own music album.
At present, she lives in Germany as a refugee after fleeing from Turkey.

Biography

2015
Western Languages and Literature, English Language and Literature, Boğaziçi (Bosporus) University, Istanbul

2013
International Student Exchange program, London University, School of Oriental and African Studies, London

Publications

2016
The Comparative Essay on Kurdish and African-American Short Stories in the Context of Textual Violence and Resistance Literature

2014
Dengbêjiya Jin, Dengbêjên Mêr: Fatma Îsa Çawa bû Dengbêj (Breaking the Patriarchal Hegemony: The Voice of Female Dengbej), Journal Yazinca, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul

2011
Literature analysis: Rênas Jiyan û Jana Janya (Renas Jiyan and Janya's Pain) , Journal Yazinca, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul

Music and Performance

2017
translating, adaptating and performaning They don't care about us by Michael Jackson into Kurdish, with Bajar.

2013
writer and researcher: Boğaziçi University Literature Club (BUED), Istanbul

2012
Kurdish song lyrics with Vedat Yıldırım for the album B'êr Hatî (Welcome) by Kurdish folkrock music group Bajar.

2012
Kurdish Folk songs for the dance and music performance Mesel (Tale)

2011
Kurdish Folk songs for the dance and music performance Mektup (The Letter)

2010
singer and researcher, Boğaziçi University Folklor Club, (BÜFK) Istanbul
Kurdish folk songs for the dance and music performance Rüzgar (Wind)

Film
since 2018
producer and main actress of the film Panopticon

HEJA TÜRK