ISBN 978-605-4092-14-7

The Great Ignorance

BÜLENT KUYUMCU

In What Went Wrong?: The Clash Between Islam and Modernity in the Middle East, Bernard Lewis tries to give an answer to this pressing question, presenting analyses and interpretations of Islam that, though broadly correct, do fall down when it comes to basic principles.

The answer, however, is crystal clear.

ISBN 978-9944-0709-6-6

What Time is it, Mr Wolf?

ERCAN AKBAY

An old man is stabbed to death with a screwdriver by burglars… This terrible murder becomes entwined in a whirlwind romance between a man and a woman who meet in a bar one Saturday night.

All the characters who have a part in these deadly events narrate the same three days
from their own point of view, in their own voices.

ISBN 978-9944-0709-1-1

Tales of the Weird

ERCAN AKBAY

Some men, somewhere in the world equate the salty taste of blood with the exotic flavour of lust.

For them, it is not the whys and wherefores of their exploits that are important,

but their aftertaste and the crescendoing cadence they leave in the heart...

ISBN 978-605-4092-30-7

The Magic of the Harem

MURAT AYKAÇ ERGİNÖZ

 The Magic of the Harem is the story of how one woman’s love and malice proved to be pivotal in determining the course of history.

You will have a front row seat to a love story which the Palace walls and strict rules of behavior could not impede...

ISBN 978-9944-0709-7-3

...and the boy lost his faith in God!

YAKUP ALMELEK

The eight stories in this book will take you on a journey through time and space: a fairytale world where a boy befriends an eagle, the Jewish quarter of Ankara during the Second World War, a ship sailing from Haifa to Istanbul, east of Eden just after the Fall, the peaceful town of Ion…

These are just some of the stops along the way.

ISBN 978-605-4092-05-5

The Gift

YAKUP ALMELEK

A man, a woman, a business suite... That is how our play begins. Businessman Ahmet Gür is left head to head with hostess Ayşe because the guest he is waiting for from Japan is three hours late. But is three hours enough to spice up two people's lives?

ISBN 978-605-4092-12-3

Beyond Betrayal

YAKUP ALMELEK

In this play, Yakup Almelek starts with the results of betrayal. The play begins with scenes from everyday life, and in the end dredges up the truth lurking beneath all these scenes: a surprisingly tawdry and contentious truth with no single, easy interpretation.

ISBN 978-605-4092-13-0

The Treasury’s in a frightful situation
If someone can save us, he’ll be our salvation

YAKUP ALMELEK

The action of this bilingual verse drama unfolds during a fraught period in the Ottoman Empire and centres on the desperate search for a remedy to the economic crisis.

The Sultan lives in the lap of luxury and is trying, at the same time, to bring together the brains of the nation to save the state finances in hitherto unimaginable ways.

ISBN 978-9944-0709-2-8

The Businessman

YAKUP ALMELEK

The hero of the play, super-rich Aydın Tuna, is one of the country’s most successful businessmen. He bases his life on money and power... until the day he finds out that he has an untreatable illness...

ISBN 978-9944-0709-8-0

The Governess

YAKUP ALMELEK

Two women... the same time… different places… while one is bringing new life to the world, the other is suffering the pain of having lost her child…

ISBN 978-9944-0709-9-7

The Awakening

YAKUP ALMELEK

Ayla is a twenty-eight year old girl. She has lived half of her life as an outsider, grieving and blaming herself for a tragic accident. When she was fourteen, she fell out of a boat into the sea and her father lost his life trying to save her. She has borne this heavy burden of guilt for half her life and has never been free from the effects of this trauma…