Ilker signs his poems as İlker Hepkan.
His first poetry book Beyefendiler (Misters) is out with 160. Kilometre in Turkey. Click here to buy it.
Ilker has published poems in Turkish in multiple print and online journals:
Kendini Tanımlamalar, Diskotekdergi (2023)
Lucas Bey, Pelerin Fanzin, No.X - Kuir (2023)
Denizin Kenti ve Kraliçenin Kaçağı, Lahitteki Baykuş, No. 9 - Harabe ve Gelecekler (2022)
Bir Yıl Aynada, Diskotekdergi (2022)
Benim İçin, Queertroublemakers (2022)
Sorma, Queertroublemakers (2022)
Kaç Or’dan, Heves, Cilt:VIII (2005) (Print)
Nagiletiket, Heves, Cilt: IV (2004) (Print)
İlk Kez ve bir öpüşlük nefes kaldı, Ağır Ol Bay Düzyazı, Sayı: 13 (2003) (Print)
Ilker edited “Yeryüzü Ağacı,” a monthly poetry selection by LGBTQI+ poets, on Velvele.net between 2021 and 2024.
Ilker produced a podcast episode on Arkadaş Z. Özger with Sezgin İnceel for Yine Yeni Yeniden 90’lar. You can listen to Ilker reciting Merhaba Canım by Arkadaş Z. Özger on Episode 60.
