I've been an English Language Instructor at a public university in Istanbul for 21 years. Along with my bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature from Istanbul University, I also graduated from the Vocational School of Justice there, which allowed me to dive deeper into criminal and legal matters and incorporate them into my writing. For the past three years, I've focused on writing in English to connect with a broader international audience.
In the Desert Rose trilogy, I've created a unique world for my characters, covering four key years of their lives—years that have mirrored nearly four pivotal years of my own: writing, editing, re-editing, translating, re-editing, proofreading, re-editing, proofreading, and re-editing again, all while cycling through the madness of it. The story unfolds in a world where absurdity is the norm, justice is served by the characters themselves, and compassion is doled out only to those deemed worthy.
Beyond Desert Rose, which is my first attempt to reach a global readership, I've also published three books in Turkish, which were released almost a decade ago. Desert Rose marks a key turning point in my writing career, bridging my storytelling with audiences around the world.
I've been an English Language Instructor at a public university in Istanbul for 21 years. Along with my bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature from Istanbul University, I also graduated from the Vocational School of Justice there, which allowed me to dive deeper into criminal and legal matters and incorporate them into my writing. For the past three years, I've focused on writing in English to connect with a broader international...
Meet Lenard. Indoctrinated by the Knights Templar philosophy in his youth by the force of his racist father, one of the highest-ranking French diplomats, and his social circle, and brainwashed with beliefs of racial superiority. He possesses all those invaluable skills one would expect from an intelligence officer, and he's about as arrogant as...
In "The Nine Dragons," the second volume of the trilogy, the collapse of a notorious human trafficking network ignites a high-stakes battle of wits between Rabah and Lenard. Their fates become entwined when the network abducts homicide officer Dolunay and takes her deep into the Mekong Delta.
Forced into an alliance, Rabah and Lenard embark on a...
In the third volume of Desert Rose, Rabah finally comes face-to-face with Dragon, the shadow that's haunted his past for so long. But things take a devastating turn when Lenard is badly injured during the clash, pushing their relationship to a breaking point. From that moment, everything changes. They're left with a tough choice: fight through...
