The Children's Writing project is unlike the cliché texts of book promotion pages, publishing advertisements, reader and mom blogs that say “I like it very well, it is a very nice book” but do not explain in depth why the book is beautiful; was born to remind the need for "criticism" in children's literature. Our aim is to approach "children's literature", which has an important place in Turkish literature as an independent field and has qualified works, from a critical, objective and academic perspective, just like adult texts.


It is possible to make the aesthetical quality of children's literature discussible by “criticism”. Considering that the number of children's literature books published every month and the number of child readers that these books reach hundreds of thousands, there is a much greater lack and gap in children's literature than the need for “criticism” of contemporary Turkish adult literature.


Here, we aspire to fill this deep gap with the Children's Writing project!


We consider it more appropriate to approach these texts with the classification of "children's writing" instead of "children's literature" in order to include the generic diversity in the narrative plane. In this context, we publish critical texts in which we examine all kinds of texts written / published in the genres of stories, novels, poems, theater, interviews, biographies, series, cartoons, comics, movies, animated films independent from author, publisher and any ideology. In our opinion, any text published “for children” can be associated with children's writing. At this point, our only criterion in the texts we examine is compliance with the principle of "suitability to the child".


Just like a periodical, we reinforce our steps on this path with critical articles and videos that we publish in the "Agenda", "Critique", "Cinema", "Interview" and “Inquiry” sections of our site within certain time periods. We are aware of the importance of working in this field and writing more.


Another goal of ours is to raise awareness about the need of this field in the academy in Turkey.


We invite you to be sensitive about the significance of everything written and drawn for children.


Children's Writing Team

What is Çocuk Yazını?

Çocuk Yazını is a voluntary community established as an alternative to institutionalized academy.

COCUK YAZINI PRINCIPLES

Non-discrimination : Çocuk Yazını do not treat people unfairly based on any ground such as nationality, ethnicity, religious belief, class or political view. It fosters critical thinking and works to help the public acquire the habit of reading as well as develop critical reading habits.

OBJECTIVITY : Keeping critical distance, it avoids subjective remarks. Except those texts that can be evaluated under the heading of special days, workshops, announcements, it does not post texts with subjective remarks, blog or promotional language or fiction.

SELF-GOVERNING : Çocuk Yazını does not accept donations or grants apart from collaborations and project partnerships. It forms its budget from online organizations or sales of byproducts. It acts on a voluntary basis.

TRANSPARENCY : Çocuk Yazını acts as an umbrella organization, publicly collaborating with institutions that broaden perspectives in terms of thought and aesthetics. Acting on the basis of social and academic needs, it refrains from profit-oriented and populist attitudes.

ACCOUNTABILITY : Each member and volunteer of Çocuk Yazını is responsible for their individual studies. Çocuk Yazını is a heterogenous structure. As long as there is no member who goes beyond the principles, everyone can do business with everyone as "their own". Individual studies do not label Children's Literature, but individuals may use Children's Literature in their work and references as long as they comply with the principles.

RESPONSIBILITY : Protecting ethics, universal values and sensitivities of the society, Çocuk Yazını takes responsibility in all kinds of organizations. Individuals are responsible for following the decisions of Çocuk Yazını.

JUSTICE, EQUALITY AND ETHICAL VALUES :Members of Çocuk Yazını believe in equality and freedom of thought. It expresses its own opinions without being the voice of any political organization or institution. It gives priority to universal and National ethical values. It supports equitable horizontal organization rather than vertical organization.

LANGUAGE OF COURTESY : Çocuk Yazını acts with courtesy and positive communication within itself and on the platforms it represents.

CONFIDENTIALITY : Details of the events and projects planned by Çocuk Yazını remain confidential within the group. A privacy policy is essential, especially for events that are considered original.

Our Team


Meryem Selva İnce

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İrem Özcan

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Efruze Esra Alptekin

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