Four works built around different questions about the individual, society, power and the future.
VOLKAN SARGIN
Fantasy fiction with psychological inquiry and personal-growth themes
Murat Aslan’s life changes when he discovers an old ring in the basement of his family home in Ortaköy. Five seals — Knowledge, Value, Power, Healing and Time — grant him extraordinary abilities. Yet every new power confronts him with a harder question: is true strength about discovering the limits of what one can do, or learning when to stop?
A contemporary novel with psychological inquiry and a strong social dimension
Across Eylül’s life, from infancy to old age, the meaning of sharing keeps changing. First come milk, toys and bread; later time, secrets, privacy, freedom, illness and grief. Through family, friendship, love, social media, prison and loss, the novel asks where sharing creates connection — and where it becomes an intrusion into another person’s boundaries.
A contemporary novel with psychological inquiry and a strong social dimension
For twenty-nine-year-old actor Aysel Ateş, one audition day could validate years of sacrifice. From Ortaköy onward, she tries to control every detail — clothes, hair, food and the waiting room — while gradually failing to see the lives unfolding around her. A few sentences overheard that evening force her to reread the entire day from another perspective.
A social novel combining psychological and ethical inquiry with science-fiction and dystopian elements
From childhood to 2052, Zeynep Ecem İşçi’s idea of success keeps changing. A childhood dream of becoming a doctor evolves into genetics, life sciences and research capable of shaping humanity’s future. Her academic career in the Netherlands leads her toward climate adaptation, closed life-support systems and an international programme building permanent human settlement on the Moon.
