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"Here, I'm free but sprinkle my ashes to Dersim after my cremation"

Riza Colpan

Kurdish author Riza Colpan Source: Supplied

It's been 50 years since the first group of Turkish migrants landed in Australia, following a 1967 agreement signed between the two countries. But Rıza Colpan, a Kurdish author, arrived as a tourist. He has been living in the Sydney since he arrived at 1970. He tells his migration strories in a taste of a novel.



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