“Spekülatif Kurmacada Güncel Tartışmalar (Current Debates in Speculative Fiction)”

In this interview, which will trace the current debates in speculative fiction, Ezgi Hamzaçebi and Merve Tabur will address many areas, from visions of the future of cities to eco-criticism, from critiques of anthropocentrism and speciesism to sexism and feminist fiction. explore reflections of the concept of monstrosity, and discuss the possibilities of the speculative field. Moderated by Nazlı Bülay Doğan, the discussion will be structured around Ezgi Hamzaçebi’s work, “The Promises of Monsters: Those Who Haunt Turkish Feminist Speculative Fiction,” published by Metis in 2025, and Merve Tabur’s forthcoming anthology with Sami Ahmad Khan, The Speculative Route: Futures from South and Southwest Asia and North Africa (Routledge, 2025), co-edited by Merve Tabur and Sami Ahmad Khan, will form the main axes of the discussion.