Fact and fiction between languages and countries a common is novels deal with historical violence state oppression and memory 4 of them have been translated into german the most recent one madonnas last dream is a literary search for traces from the mouth see iraq as well as i started writing in germany. My wife my child and i were all tortured in turkey and we came here as damaged people. Writing is my weapon. The only thing i can do. Through writing i raise my voice against injustice. Its my instrument of resistance. They didnt. Ready ready come i was born in 1957 in our team in northeastern as a member of the outlawed revolutionary communist party of turkey he was imprisoned several times in 1900. 2 he received political asylum in germany although hes no longer a turkish citizen hes repeatedly targeted by the turkish state upon entering turkey and 2010 connally was arrested and detained for several months for his alleged role in a robbery in 1990 he was eventually acquitted due to lack of evidence and 2017 the long arm of the turkish state reached all the way to spain a country was on holiday at the time and at the request of turkey the Spanish Police arrested the writer in his hotel room in an autobiographical short story calmly tells of his experiences with prison torture and psychological terror is in the big issue especially after the failed coup attempt Rights Violations and the suppression of freedom of expression have increased enormously. When its had the biggest effect on writers and journalists. Its in the forest archive it 5th year in the end its turkey to lose it. When you force so many intellectuals to leave the country will end up at a dead end. Job on a candle is an exiled writer whose work plays out between germany and turkey through his commitment to Civil Society and his writing he has called for the genocides of the 20th century against the armenians and the jews to be examined repeatedly offices dealing with the past is the only way to prevent it from repeating itself. The whole royal colleague is here to tell us more melissa as weve seen don carlos writing a straight lot of tension between berlin and ankara but yet hes getting a prize for cultural understanding doesnt seem to add up. Yes certainly. His arrest that did come as a result of his work and his and his writings did cause a strain in tensions between germany and ankara particularly his arrest in spang. You can see him here getting his medal. But these other writings that we heard about in the piece to do with the Armenian Genocide and also the holocaust also do contribute to cultural understanding and take a stand a very strong stand against discrimination and violence speaking and writing the truth even if they are uncomfortable truths still helps in addition to his writing a country is also involved in plenty of work that encourages dialogue between different cultural groups so in 2002 he started giving turkish german guided to his in a form of gestapo prison in cologne is also spoken to groups of turkish young people about the persecution of jews and the National Socialism and is lectured on anti semitism in the immigrant society and he started his rising after going into political exile yeah thats right most of his work yeah thats right he says that he says that being in exile in germany actually gave him the head space and time to produce most of his work to write and get through his own experiences he writes from his own experiences a lot of the time even something as unimaginable and awful as being tortured got him interested in violence and that by the state and ultimately led him to write judges of the last judgment about the Armenian Genocide ok what about the other 2 winners who are ok so theres mongolian nc that rose on he worked for several years as a photographer but today hes a publisher and a bookseller and a political journalist through his articles and interviews rosen campaigns for the modernization of the mongolian Education System and for freedom of expression there and finally someone who lives in exile like dont want to come amiss is the the artist. Syrian national yes shes in raney and one woman who shes a visual artist who lives in new york city shes been banned from even visiting iran for the past decades who work often has a melancholic feeling she says that this she said in interview that this is partly due to the fact that she is separated from her home country she works with film video and photography her artwork is highly stylized and minimal it centers on the contrasts between islam and the west the lives of muslim women and dictatorial regimes public life and private life work also looks authentic witty and modernity and the borders between the say these subjects and how they affect each other how they bang up against each other she says herself that she doesnt want to make political obs bought over the years her work always seems to return to the political shes or she better known internationally in the other 2 and shes actually won lots of big awards isnt as well as the ghost of metal thats right shes won loads of big awards in 1999 she was awarded the venice golden lion for her film turbulent shes also women of color from the 1990 s. Was one of her 1st big works that was very well received and is still shown around the world here we see impressive large format black and white portraits of muslim women contrasts femininity violence and poetry some of the women there we saw wearing the should or others had firearms and that their hands and faces are all inscribed with persian calligraphy 15 at this years get a medal by the way is poetry in truth and i think she really hits the mark ok melissa thank you very much tony is right there she is recipients of the go to medal. Now we come to the germans were very investigates the quirks and idiosyncrasies of the locals today shes looking at something that is very prevalent in the english language but in. Small talk yes there is a kind of small talk in german but. Sometimes so is it really just small talk to explain the norriss of wausau joking about his rachael with well with more details. Yet you know its just. The germans dont even have the right word for it a german English Dictionary describes it as. Superficial conversation out. Germans do get very perplexed when English Speakers greet them in the street with a commentary and then walk on by without actually expecting all of them but that doesnt mean the germans dont have their own version of the key difference is that when germans and gauging chitchat they want facts they want numbers they want statistics so you arrive somewhere by car else where people might casually ask how the journey was i dont really care about the answer. But a german wont let you get away thats easily but ask how long the drive took and how many roadworks you came across the last year which route you took and expect you to answer with road names and even motorway exits. If your journey was long enough they might even without one of their favorite questions how much did it cost to fill up your time its just a thing here when germans return from holiday theyll be eager to tell you about 3 things the beaches the food prices. You should always do some basic research before entering a social situation in germany. People talk about news and politics we should also have the numbers of. Comedy inhabitants the same time out when you go on to talk with where you. Good german conversation on the measurements as in how big is your apartment in square meter is the bet is probably to be ready with the average price per square meter of living space in your area of the city. Lets see how good the germans are germans mobile. I just my time. To coax the little. Kids to try to talk to. Me to be able to move hendrixs go music School Resource into 2 months and didnt buy it on the 1st. Project it was he was just read. And read your stuff even if i did to you to tell you i really must try to control. Another very important topic that you have to muster in order to smalltalk in germany as a brit i thought i had this topic down but it turns out the germans can give us a run for our money im talking about. Specifically complaining about the weather its too hot too cold too wet to snowy its too. Whether the word susceptibility to the weather is better or foolish and the germans will blame the changing weather for all sorts of ailments and a final tip to german small talk practice your draft. Whatever contacts in a party or in the office germans absolutely love to talk about drafts and the various stages of air in the room a classic scene one german walks into the room and says heres the stick is it sticky and here they decide its time to love or give the room and. Then someone else will invariably walk in and say oh this seat means theres a drop. Off point to be around the net grumble about getting ill and close the window. German windows even have a special air in position for the hinge Technology Must be really strong to cope with the constant opening and closing so you see german small talk is easy really drop the niceties know your numbers and have a strong opinion on as see you next time alfie does in. The oac as i was of meet the germs can be found on our website at v. W. Dot com slash are all sorts of stories all the arts and cultural things are around the well but thats all for this edition thanks for watching and join us of the same time tomorrow if you can for myself and all the crew here in berlin and. In. Europe. Look united. What divides. Us lets try to enforce. What binds the continent together. To answers and stories aplenty. Spotlight on people. 30 minutes on d w. I want to see whats going on the knowledge. That you know what got the fight it. The sharp microscope that have been bent the doll there with the bad at that bad. The over the years we were in the bad fall for example of the fire and infection but both the Molecular Depot and therefore a lot of it often but the fight is much more easily by work to speculate about whats going on than 2050 i cant imagine that you would understand the cause of conflict much better and then to do with the number of cancer cases there is still pretty good believe a much more fulfilling life because many diseases shortcomings called the faith can be counteracted to a large degree ethical but they are for a longer period in their life. This is g. W. News coming to you live from berlin anger across the u. K. 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