Quickfire Dialogue with Burhan Sönmez

If you write a letter to God, what would you say?

Dear God, I hope you exist.  

Who is the person that you love most? 

There is not only one, there are many. 

What would you not want to happen if you built a world for yourself?

Death and evil. 

What is your favourite book?

Moby-Dick, the Whale. 

When you are dead, who would you most like to visit your grave? (It does not matter if s/he is dead or alive)

I don’t want anyone to come to my grave. Remembering dead people is enough. People should focus on life, not on death. 

What worries you the most?

Poverty and suffering. 

If you scratch one name to Diyarbakir’s walls, whose name would it be?

Kawa hesinkar. 

Which period do you want to live in?

In the middle of the 20th century. 

If you were born one more time, what would you do again?

I would like to read books again. 

What would you most like to do before you die?

Writing the best book that I can write. 

What do you most dream about?

A painless life and a death without sadness.

What is the pain in your heart in this life?

We don’t know the meaning of life and existence. 

If you wanted to change something about yourself, what would it be?

I would work more and do better things for everyone. 

What is your biggest achievement?

I did not submit to oppression and I have always been on the side of the oppressed.

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