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Mustafa YILMAZ

Retired officer, civil engineer, academic and author. His journey leads from Çanakkale and Kuleli to Boğaziçi, engineering and literature.

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Authors are listed alphabetically by their Turkish given names. Profiles and bibliographies will be completed as sources are verified.

  • Abdullah Esad Minik

    • 15 Temmuz Gerçekleri

    Uzun yıllar Türk Silahlı Kuvvetlerinde görev yapmış; 15 Temmuz hakkındaki romanında dava dosyaları ve ifadelerden yararlandığını belirten yazar.

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  • BEYZADE

    • Çam Kozalağı - Masumiyet ve Göç
    • Çam Kozalağı - Cendere ve Yüzleşme

    Writing under the name BEYZADE, the author lets the stories speak, exploring inherited fears, faith, prejudice, love and the effort to understand others.

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  • Halil İbrahim Yıldırım

    • Yaşanabilir Hikayeler: Yeşil Araba

    1976 Kayseri doğumlu; gündelik hayat hikâyelerinde adalet, merhamet, vefa ve umudu işleyen yazar.

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  • Kemal Beyoğlu

    • Körebe

    Kimliğini eserinin önüne çıkarmayan Kemal Beyoğlu, Körebe romanında insanın iç dünyasını, gafleti, ölümü ve hakikat arayışını edebî bir anlatımla buluşturuyor.

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  • Mehmet Ali Taşkıran

    • Khalkedon

    1991 Kayseri doğumlu; adalet, tarih ve toplumsal vicdan temalarını siyasi romanında işleyen yazar.

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  • Mehmet Güngör

    • Levent: Binlerce Yılın Yolcusu

    1991 Konya doğumlu, uçak mühendisi; alegorik kurgu aracılığıyla insanlık değerleri üzerine yazıyor.

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  • Murat Bicil

    • Müebbet Masumiyet – Kelâm-ı Kalp

    1977 Samsun doğumlu; şiirlerinde adalet, masumiyet, vicdan ve umut temalarını ele alan yazar.

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  • Mustafa Yılmaz

    • A Lifetime Between Two Coups
    • Menâmât-ı Rûh
    • The Seal
    • The Book and the Shadows
    • The Well of Zehra
    • Körebe
    • The Shadow of Devotion
    • Sadakatin Gölgesi I
    • Sadakatin Gölgesi II
    • Sadakatin Gölgesi III
    • Umudun Gölgesi
    • Yüzleşmenin Gölgesi
    • Taşıyıcı Sistem I
    • Taşıyıcı Sistem II
    • Taşıyıcı Sistem III
    • Görünmeyen Maliyetler
    • Yansıtılan Maliyetler
    • Ertelenmiş Maliyetler
    • Hesaplanamayan Maliyetler

    Born in Çanakkale in 1966; retired officer, civil engineer, academic and author. His path spans Kuleli, Boğaziçi, engineering, software and research.

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  • Muzaffer Düzenli

    • Hayat Rehberi
    • Meslek Rehberi
    • Üniversite Rehberi
    • Staj Rehberi
    • Sosyal İlişkiler ve İletişim Rehberi
    • Mutluluğun Formülü
    • Kitap Nasıl Yazılır
    • Etkili Konuşma ve Sunum
    • Başarılı Toplantı Nasıl Yapılır

    Yönetim, siyaset bilimi, stratejik planlama ve kamu yönetimi eğitimi almış; yurt içi ve yurt dışı kurumlarda görev yapmış yazar.

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YOUR READING JOURNEY

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  • Autobiographical narrative

    A Lifetime Between Two Coups

    Mustafa Yılmaz · Published

    A personal account of a life spanning military education, engineering and academia, beginning on 12 September 1980.

  • Hakikat Series

    Menâmât-ı Rûh

    Mustafa Yılmaz · Published

    A five-stage journey through recurring dreams into the depths of the human soul. As the search for truth deepens, readers are invited to question both what they see and their inner world.

  • Hakikat Series

    The Seal

    Mustafa Yılmaz · Published

    In a world where dreams are forbidden and memory is treated as a crime, remembering the truth takes courage. A struggle between memory, fear and freedom asks what people lose when forced to forget.

  • Hakikat Series

    The Book and the Shadows

    Mustafa Yılmaz · Published

    In medieval Europe, a forbidden manuscript sets a dangerous journey in motion. At the heart of the novel lies a search for truth amid faith, power, justice and loyalty.

  • Hakikat Series

    The Well of Zehra

    Mustafa Yılmaz · Published

    Asım sets out with his grandfather’s broken watch in search of the Well of Zehra, passing through eight symbolic towns that test his relationship with time, ambition, anxiety and inner balance.

  • Hakikat Series

    Körebe

    Mustafa Yılmaz, Kemal Beyoğlu · Published

    Dream and reality intertwine as Mansur journeys from the mysterious Sphere to Earth. This allegorical novel explores heedlessness, death, conscience and awakening, inviting readers to confront their inner world.

  • Gölge Series

    The Shadow of Devotion

    Mustafa Yılmaz · Published

    Gölgebir’s journey from military school explores the tension between loyalty, conscience and identity. Spanning the 1990s to 2025, the novel questions silenced truths and family bonds.

  • Gölge Series

    Sadakatin Gölgesi I

    Mustafa Yılmaz · Published

    A novel beginning at a military-school gate, with the question of concealed identity.

  • Gölge Series

    Sadakatin Gölgesi II

    Mustafa Yılmaz · Published

    The second volume follows the everyday consequences of a family’s disrupted life.

  • Gölge Series

    Sadakatin Gölgesi III

    Mustafa Yılmaz · Published

    The concluding volume turns to memory, confrontation and the difficulty of forgiveness.

  • Gölge Series

    Umudun Gölgesi

    Mustafa Yılmaz · Published

    Faith, science and the search for truth meet in one narrative. How can people find a path between what they know and what they believe? The novel invites readers to reflect on that question.

  • Gölge Series

    Yüzleşmenin Gölgesi

    Mustafa Yılmaz · Published

    A volume in the Shadow series centered on confrontation.

  • Load-Bearing Series1

    Taşıyıcı Sistem I

    Mustafa Yılmaz · Published

    Questions beginning in a building’s basement reach beyond engineering into human conscience. A story that examines not only structural safety but also the weight of decisions and responsibility.

  • Load-Bearing Series2

    Taşıyıcı Sistem II

    Mustafa Yılmaz · Published

    After an earthquake, the challenge is to rebuild not only structures but systems of responsibility.

  • Load-Bearing Series3

    Taşıyıcı Sistem III

    Mustafa Yılmaz · Published

    What standard should guide justice and repair? The trilogy’s finale confronts this question.

  • Cost Series

    Görünmeyen Maliyetler

    Mustafa Yılmaz · Published

    Fourteen stories of losses absent from budgets.

  • Cost Series

    Yansıtılan Maliyetler

    Mustafa Yılmaz · Published

    Nine stories asking who ultimately bears a shifted cost.

  • Cost Series

    Ertelenmiş Maliyetler

    Mustafa Yılmaz · Published

    Ten stories about the costs that grow when payment is deferred.

  • Cost Series

    Hesaplanamayan Maliyetler

    Mustafa Yılmaz · Published

    Twelve stories about losses that cannot be fully expressed in numbers.

  • Kozalak Series1

    Çam Kozalağı - Masumiyet ve Göç

    BEYZADE · Published

    Kozalak Series · Volume I. A journey from the winter cold of Kars to Istanbul, exploring childhood, migration, belonging and the lives of two young people raised in different faith traditions.

  • Kozalak Series2

    Çam Kozalağı - Cendere ve Yüzleşme

    BEYZADE · Published

    Kozalak Series · Volume II. A continuation exploring the cost of truths discovered too late, family ties and the confrontation with inherited silence.

  • 15 Temmuz Gerçekleri

    Abdullah Esad Minik · Published

    Mahkeme belgelerinden hareketle kurgulanan siyasi gerilim romanı; tarihî iddialar yazarın anlatımıdır.

  • Khalkedon

    Mehmet Ali Taşkıran · Published

    Tarih ve mitolojiyle örülü siyasi bir roman. Adalet, özgürlük, iktidar ve vicdan arasındaki gerilim, okuru yalnızca geçmişin değil, insanın değişmeyen sorularının da izine götürüyor.

  • Levent: Binlerce Yılın Yolcusu

    Mehmet Güngör · Published

    Mana gezegeninde başlayan alegorik bir yolculuk. Levent’in umut, cesaret ve iyilik arayışı, insan olmanın anlamına ve değerlerimizi nasıl koruduğumuza dair sorularla derinleşiyor.

  • Hayat Rehberi

    Muzaffer Düzenli · Published

    Hayata dair rehber niteliğindeki eser.

  • Meslek Rehberi

    Muzaffer Düzenli · Published

    Meslek seçimi ve kariyer üzerine rehber.

  • Üniversite Rehberi

    Muzaffer Düzenli · Published

    Üniversite hayatına yönelik rehber.

  • Staj Rehberi

    Muzaffer Düzenli · Published

    Staj sürecine yönelik rehber.

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