Bahar Uysal Karakuş

Bahar Uysal Karakuş was born in Adıyaman in 1984. Karakuş completed an undergraduate degree in primary school teaching at Gaziantep Üniversitesi and continues to teach in Ankara. Karakuş’s book reviews, short stories and poems have been published in various literary magazines, including Varlık and Edebiyatist. One of the stories appeared in the collective book “Bir Kadın Öyküleri.” In 2020, Karakuş’s first short story collection, “Maviye İz Süren,” was published by Mecaz Yayınları. Karakuş took part as a writer-teacher in the Bilge Yazarlar Projesi, prepared in cooperation with the Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı, Ankara Valiliği, Türkiye Yazarlar Birliği and Ankara Sosyal Bilimler Üniversitesi, and wrote children’s books for the Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı’s book projects. Karakuş’s children’s stories were published in KE Çocuk Dergisi. Karakuş continues to write about personal experiences on the award-winning blog “Maviye İz Süren.” The second short story collection, “Dalmışsam Uyandırma,” was published by Yol Akademi Yayınları Mythos Kitap.