Tijen Savaşkan

Tijen Savaşkan (1961, Ankara) graduated from the Department of Western Languages and Literature at Boğaziçi University in 1984 and completed her master's degree in the Theoretical Theater program at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Department of Stage Decoration and Costume, and during this period she worked as an English lecturer at Istanbul Technical University. In 1994, Savaşkan received an M.A degree in Gender and Feminist Theater from the University Of Reading / Film and Drama Department in England and continued her career in various fields of theater: Gender and theater, feminist criticism, creative drama leadership, women's studies, children and youth theater, space studies, interdisciplinary art projects and cultural studies, contemporary art / performance art. 2003-2007 with the International Leleg Institute (Bodrum) focusing on live art, space and women, 2006 Antakya Contemporary Art Meetings, 2006-2008 as a dramaturg and artist with an international performance group called Mos-ai-que in the triangle of Marseille, Lisbon, Istanbul, as well as forum theater works with women, workers, high school and university students and local people on different dates, Savaşkan has directed youth plays at Ekol Drama Art House, Ihlamur Pavilion, Robert High School and many schools. -Savaşkan, who has been writing criticism and review articles under the title "Feminist Perspective" in Tiyatro Tiyatro Magazine since 1998, has been the editor and writer of TEB Oyun Magazine, a publication of the Theater Critics Association, since 2009. Savaşkan, who occasionally writes for Mimesis Magazine, is a member of Sadri Alışık Theater and TEB Jury. In addition, she continues culture and art projects, forum theater and gender awareness trainings with young people at ÇYDD Beyoğlu Branch. Recently, she has been working with some colleagues in the field of collective criticism in the context of gender and feminist theater.