Şehir Mektupları
Essays that recount the daily life of old Istanbul in pleasant, chatty prose.
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Felatun Bey ile Rakım Efendi
One of our first novels, a smile-inducing tale in which hardworking, kind-hearted Rakım is rewarded for his efforts with happiness.
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Şıpsevdi
A fun novel that laughs at old Istanbul through the love affairs of Meftun Bey, a Westernized dandy.
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Anadolu Notları
Sweet travel notes describing Anatolian towns, their people and the road with an affectionate eye.
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Garip
Verses that make you smile, bringing the small joys of everyday life into poetry in a plain, playful voice.
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Efsuncu Baba
A novel that describes quack healers and their gullible followers with a sweet-and-sour humor, calling us back to common sense.
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Kuyrukluyıldız Altında Bir İzdivaç
A cheerful satire that makes us laugh at a neighborhood thrown into a panic by fear of the end of the world.