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Music

Here are some of the playlists I made while writing my novels:

The Silence of Scheherazade

After
Rain

At the
Breakfast Table

Summer
Heat

Videos

You can enjoy the videos made for some of my books here:

The Silence of Scheherazade

Summer Heat

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Book Tours

In Turkey I take my readers to the places that inspire me for the scenes of my novels:

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This is how I studied old Smyrna

In front of the Christos Monastery at Prinkipo, with readers of At the Breakfast Table

Dreaming of old Smyrna under an ancient magnolia tree

I'm reading The Silence of Scheherazade in front of the Old English Hospital

Researching old Smyrna in new Izmir, a bit of detective work is sometimes needed

At the station across Edith’s house

Dreaming of old Smyrna

While taking readers of The Silence of Scheherazade around the streets of old Smyrna

Streets of Istanbul—always my inspiration

Looking for a house for my characters in Istanbul

Chatting with readers on the branches of a tree, which could make it to today, from the Agia Katerina district

Imagining Edith Lamarck in Bournabat

With readers at the Menzilhane Inn, where Avinash stays

Reading at the old Agia Katerina district

Reading from Summer Heat in the Greek high school of Fanari

At a tree which survived the Great Fire of Smyrna

My first encounter with old Smyrna map at the Estia Nea Smirnis in Athens

By the old Byzantium city walls of Istanbul I am reading a piece from Summer Heat

Taking readers around Prinkipo, where my novel At the Breakfast Table takes place

Taking Summer Heat readers to Byzantium times