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Furkan Çirkin is a poet, editor and academic. He received two bachelor’s degrees in law and philosophy, a master’s degree and a PhD from Istanbul University. Additionally, he is a PhD(c) for his second PhD and an assistant lecturer at the University of Essex. And currently, he lives in Colchester with his wife, curator and artist Hiromi Horiuchi. His poems have been published in many respected poetry journals, including Varlik, the oldest one, and translated into many languages, including French, Italian, Persian and Romanian. Also, he has been publishing Yelkensiz Poetry Journal in Turkey since 2013. So far, he has three poetry books: Nihilist Alarm, Ser/h, and My Life: A Colourful Pitch-Dark. Moreover, he translated Percy Bysshe Shelley’s book “The Mask of Anarchy” into Turkish. Besides, he is a member of Advisory Board at Poetry Translation Centre in London. And, he holds numerous prestigious poetry awards in Turkey.

Nihilist Alarm— POEM by Furkan Çirkin

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  • Furkan Çirkin - Turkish Poet

    Furkan Çirkin is a poet, editor and academic. He received two bachelor’s degrees in law and philosophy, a master’s degree and a PhD from Istanbul University. Additionally, he is a PhD(c) for his second PhD and an assistant lecturer at the University of Essex. And currently, he lives in Colchester with his wife, curator and artist Hiromi Horiuchi. His poems have been published in many respected poetry journals, including Varlik, the oldest one, and translated into many languages, including French, Italian, Persian and Romanian. Also, he has been publishing Yelkensiz Poetry Journal in Turkey since 2013. So far, he has three poetry books: Nihilist Alarm, Ser/h, and My Life: A Colourful Pitch-Dark. Moreover, he translated Percy Bysshe Shelley’s book “The Mask of Anarchy” into Turkish. Besides, he is a member of Advisory Board at Poetry Translation Centre in London. And, he holds numerous prestigious poetry awards in Turkey.

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Nihilist Alarm by Furkan Cirkin - Turkish Literature - Turkish Poetry

Is that alarm stubborn? – It was: I woke up;
What did I wake up from and whatever for: unconscious awakening.
Let us call it “I woke up from you, I woke up to you”;
(Let’s call the alarm “he loves alarm” or something of the sort).

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