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Copyright Vercihan Ziflio?ülu, published by ARAS PUBLISHING, Istanbul, 2000. Used here by kind permission.

Vercihan Ziflio?ülu was born and resides in Istanbul. Her poems have appeared in ?Ñ?°÷Ä?¥?°÷Ä?° (Marmara) and ???°?¥?°???°?Ø (Jamanag) daily papers, ?±?Ø÷Ö?? (Agos) weekly, ?Ü??÷Ä ?ç?°?? (Nor San) quarterly and ?á?´÷Ä?°?Ø (Shirag), a Lebanese monthly literary newsletter. She has served on the editorial board of Nor San and is a representative of Shirag's board in Istanbul.
Her work has appeared in several anthologies, including Diana Der- Hovanessian's The Other Voice: Armenian Women's Poetry Through the Ages. Her 2nd collection of poetry was published in 2007.
