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Maddonas Letzter Traum

Madonnas
Letzter Traum

DOGAN AKHANLI

2019 Goethe Medal awardee, the late Turkish-German author Doğan Akhanlı portrays a spellbinding refugee history in 'Madonnas Letzer Traum'. Set in Germany, Poland, and Turkey during the Nazi period, the story traces the decades-long search for obsessive tragic love.

DOGAN AKHANLI

Selahattin Demirtas - Efsun

EFSUN

SELAHATTIN DEMIRTAS

While the Diyarbakır Bar Association applies to the Council of Europe for the ECtHR ruling of rights violation and immediate release of jailed politician Selahattin Demirtaş, his recent book Efsun becomes a bestseller in Turkey.

Mustafa Bag

YERYÜZÜ KUŞLARI

MUSTAFA BAG

During his 20 years of reporting from the ground in Afghanistan, journalist Mustafa Bag of Euronews writes 'Yeryuzu Kuslari' a political novel that reflects his experience in the war-torn country.

Disquiet

DISQUIET

ZÜLFÜ LİVANELİ

World-renowned musician, best-selling author, poet, and politician Zülfü Livaneli's novel 'Disquiet' tells a powerful story of love and faith amidst the atrocities committed by ISIS against the Yazidi people.

Together

TOGETHER

ECE TEMELKURAN

Critically acclaimed journalist and author Ece Temelkuran pens 'Together', offering ten choices for a better now, full of joy, dignity, and pride.

ECE TEMELKURAN

How to stay sane in an age of division

HOW TO STAY SANE IN AN AGE OF DIVISION

ELIF SAFAK

World-renowned Turkish-British novelist Elif Şafak pens a timely guide to help nurture the hope, trust, and belief in a better future.

The Peace Machine

THE PEACE MACHINE

OZGUR MUMCU

Sorbonne International Law graduate, author, activist, and investigative journalist Ozgur Mumcu's first book is a fantasy novel about a peace machine that puts an end to all wars.

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Bir Nefes Gibi

BIR NEFES GIBI

FERZAN OZPETEK

Winner of Italy's prestigious FICE award, Turkish-Italian director Ferzan Ozpetek writes 'Come un respiro', a gloomy story on sisterhood, jealousy, and betrayal, published in Turkish, entitled 'Bir Nefes Gibi'.

FERZAN OZPETEK

Dünyanın Uyanışı

DÜNYANIN UYANIŞI

şENGüL BOYBAş

An adaptation of this first book by Boybas entitled 'The Gift' tells the mystical story of a painter unearthing universal secrets about Gobeklitepe, starring Beren Saat and Mehmet Gunsur.

BEREN SAAT

MEHMET GUNSUR

Deutschland schaff' ich ab: Ein Kartoffelgericht

Deutschland
schaff' ich ab:
Ein Kartoffelgericht

SIBEL SCHICK

Known for her feminist activism, journalist and blogger Sibel Schick's book is an enlightening witty critique of the German 'tolerence' to Turkish immigrants.

SIBEL SCHICK

10 Minutes & 38 Seconds

10 Minutes and
38 Seconds in this Strange World

ELIF SAFAK

Safak's latest novel is a meditation on death and memory: the story of one woman’s life recalled at the moment of her passing.

ELIF SAFAK

Das HAUS aus STEIN

ASLI ERDOGAN

Award-winning author Asli Erdogan's 2009 novel 'Tas Bina ve Digerleri' is published in German, entitled "Das Haus aus Stein". Her poetic dark language studies captivity, torture and loss of all security, foreshadowing her own prison experience in 2016.

ASLI ERDOGAN

Selahattin Demirtas - Dawn

DAWN (SEHER)

SELAHATTIN DEMIRTAS

Translated into English and German, 'Dawn' (Seher) is an unforgettable story collection, written from behind bars by former HDP leader Selahattin Demirtas, who won 8,4% of the votes at the presidential race in June 2018.

Life is a Caravanserai with Two Doors

Life is Caravanserai
with Two Doors,
I Came in One,
I Went Out the Other

EMINE SEVGI OZDAMAR

Ozdamar's novel is a stream of consciousness style fictionalized memoir of the author's childhood.

EMINE SEVGI OZDAMAR

Novels

THREE DAUGHTERS OF EVE

ELIF SAFAK

In this novel, Elif Safak compares and contrasts the lives of three Muslim women with differing views on faith and feminism.

ELIF SAFAK

NOVELS

All available on Amazon.com

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ELIF SAFAK

AHMET ALTAN

ECE TEMELKURAN

ORHAN PAMUK

ASLI ERDOGAN

EMINE SEVGI OZDAMAR

AYSE KULIN

YASAR KEMAL

ALEV CROUTIER

Veba Geceleri

Orhan Pamuk

Madonnas letzter Traum

Dogan Akhanli

Efsun

Selahattin Demirtas

Leylan

Selahattin Demirtas

Devran

Selahattin Demirtas

Dawn

Selahattin Demirtas

Morgengrauen

Selahattin Demirtas

Seher

Selahattin Demirtas

Yeryüzü Kuşları

Mustafa Bağ

Disquiet

Zülfü Livaneli

Together

Ece Temelkuran

How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division

Elif Safak

Growing up Muslim in Australia

Demet Divaroren & Amra Pajalic

Coming of Age

Demet Divaroren & Amra Pajalic

The Peace Machine

Ozgur Mumcu

Die Friedens Maschine

Ozgur Mumcu

Bir Nefes Gibi

Ferzan Ozpetek

Come un Respiro

Ferzan Ozpetek

Deutschland schaff' ich ab: Ein Kartoffelgericht

Sibel Schick

I Will Never See the World Again

Ahmet Altan

The Girl in the Tree

Sebnem Isiguzel

Dunyanin Uyanisi

Sengul Boybas

Das Lied der endlosen Trockenheit

Jan Ilhan Kizilhan

A Memento for Istanbul

Ahmet Umit

When Pera Trees Whisper

Ahmet Umit

Aşkımız Eski Bir Roman

Ahmet Umit

Kırlangıç Çığlığı

Ahmet Umit

Tek Bildikleri Askti

Meltem Arikan

Das Haus aus Stein

Asli Erdogan

10 Minutes and 38 Seconds in this Strange World

Elif Safak

Hic Kimse

Mine G. Kirikkanat

Three Daughters of Eve

Elif Safak

Ottoman Odyssey

Alev Scott

Life is a Caravanserai: I Came in One, I Went Out the Other

Emine Sevgi Ozdamar

Hotline für Besorgte Bürger

Ali Can

Gunning for Greatness

Mesut Ozil

Grenzgängerin: Leben zwischen den Welten

Asli Bayram

Liar's Candle

August Thomas

Without a Country

Ayse Kulin

Wees Onzichtbaar

Murat Isik

The Time of Mute Swans

Ece Temelkuran

Ellbogen

Fatma Aydemir

Matematik Koyunun Delisi

Aslihan Lodi

Akilla bir Konusmam Oldu

Fazil Say

Exile

Ciler Ilhan

Gomuyu Arayan Adam

Ali Nesin

Darbadar

Ciler Ilhan

Guten Morgen, Abendland

Nazan Eckes

Rosso Istanbul

Ferzan Ozpetek

Aylin

Ayse Kulin

Last Train to Istanbul

Ayse Kulin

The Red-Haired Woman: A novel

Orhan Pamuk

The Stone Building and Other Places

Seven Houses

Alev Lytle Croutier

Forty Thorns

Judy Light Ayyildiz

From the Steeple to the Minaret: Living Under the Shadow of Two Cultures

Memed, My Hawk

Surgun

Bliss

Glückseligkeit

Village in the Meadows

An Ongoing Affair - Turkey and I

Paradise in Ruins

Alchemy of Thought

Embracing the Mountains

Istanbul Gathering

Confessions of a Love Come Undone

Stories from the Sandgate

The Cistern

Sei la mia vita

Fiasco

The Red Apple

Beyond the Orchard

Three-Way Mirror: Istanbul, Athens, Rome

Contemporary Turkish Short Fiction: A Selection (Vol. 1)

Contemporary Turkish Short Fiction: A Selection (Vol. 2)

In Quest of a Homeland: Recollections of an Emigrant

Monsieur Bernar Nahum: A Pioneer of Turkey's Automotive Industry

In Quest of a Homeland: Recollections of an Emigrant

The Book of Madness

The Essential Rumi

A Year with Rumi

Rumi's Little Book of Life

The Illuminated Rumi

The Institute

The Turkish Lover: A Memoir

My Grandmother: An Armenian-Turkish Memoir

She Caves to Conquer

The Book of Turkish Poetry

The Idiot

The Turkish Gambit

Two Green Otters

The Secret's Secret: Unlocking the Secrets to True Health and Happiness

Infotheism/God's Information: Strengthening the Dialogue Between Religions

ARZUM OKKA
Automatic Turkish Coffee Machine

Brand new way of creating a 500-year-old traditional coffee

ARZUM OKKA COFFEMAKER

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