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Kurşun Kalem Literary Magazine
The Kursun Kalem Literary Magazine has published its first issue in 2009 under the editorship of Mine Ömer, and is currently a literary magazine published quarterly. Although it is based in İzmir, it meets with its readers in bookstores in many different cities, especially Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir. The magazine, published under the Nezih-Er Publications, has recently published its 56th issue.

Magazine Content
Kursun Kalem Literary Magazine includes many different types of literary products, especially poetry, story and essay. Additionally, the articles written by young story makers are evaluated and published under the title of "Close Stories", regularly in the magazine. Apart from the literary products in question, journal writers produce content for a specific file subject determined for each issue. The file contents are selected not only from literary subjects, but also as a principle to present a wide range of artistic narratives based on the works in many different branches of art.

Until today, important national artists such as Murathan Mungan, İlhan Berk, Feyza Hepçilingirler, Sennur Sezer, Adnan Özyalçıner, Hidayet Karakuş, Mehmet Yaşın, Enver Ercan, Haydar Ergülen and international artists such as Emily Dickinson, Pablo Neruda, Camille Claudel, Auguste Rodin, Caravaggio, George Sand have found their place.

Cases Prepared for Each Issue
The Kursun Kalem Literary Magazine handles different file topics in order to examine the impact of different concepts on art and to introduce their contributions to art to their readers by shedding light on the arts of different artists. Examples:


 * Ancient Cities, Mythological Entities in Art and Legends (Issue #56)
 * Horror in Art (Issue #45)
 * "Woman" in Poems (Issue #36)
 * Haiku (Issue #31)
 * Relation of War and Art (Issue #29)