Nermin Mollaoğlu

Nermin Mollaoğlu is a graduate of Trakya University, with B.A. degrees in English Language Teaching. She earned her first master’s degree from Connecticut State University and wrote her second thesis on the loopholes in rights deals for authors and translators at İstanbul Bilgi University. After working 3 years as the rights coordinator at YKY, one of the biggest and most prestigious publishers in Turkey, she founded Kalem Agency in 2005. She established ITEF, Istanbul International Literature Festival together with Mehmet Demirtaş in 2009. Nermin Mollaoglu was chosen as the young publisher entrepreneur in Turkey in 2009 by British Council that and awarded with the International Excellence for The Agencies in 2017 at London Book Fair. She was awarded with the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of Hungary in 2023. Nermin Mollaoglu is one of the founders of Linden Editions, London based independent publishing house. She has been to 75 different countries and most of them for the international book fairs and literary festivals.