Yılmaz Güney — Biography of the Ugly Sultan
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This book offers a comprehensive account of the life and work of Yılmaz Güney, the Kurdish-Turkish filmmaker, screenwriter, and actor who was repeatedly imprisoned for defending the rights of the oppressed through his films and writings. It highlights key milestones in Güney’s life, beginning with his early years in Adana, Turkey, and his entry into cinema at the age of thirteen as a film promoter. The narrative follows his move to Istanbul in 1957, his experiences with activism and incarceration, and the evolution of his cinematic journey—marked by a bold interplay between art and politics.
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Translators specializing in Turkish-Arabic literary exchange, Ahmed Zakaria and Malak Deniz have co-translated numerous works, including Three and a Half Years with Nazim Hikmet, The Devil Within Us, The Unison of Arab and Turkish Music in the Twentieth Century, and Dear Shameless Death. They were jointly awarded the Ibn Battuta Prize for Travel Literature in the category of translated reportage for their Arabic rendition of Aziz Nesin’s The World Is a Big Pot and I Am a Ladle. In 2024, they published Yılmaz Güney — Biography of the Ugly Sultan with Jusoor Al-Thaqafa Publishing and Distribution.
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