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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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On the Magnoia Tree

Dreaming of old Smyrna under an ancient magnolia tree

Concluding the Tour in İzmir

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

Meeting with the readers in Smyrna

With my dear readers

Once upon a time here was Agia Katerina Church

Imagining Edith Lamarck in Bournabat

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

Taking the Street Car with the readers

Reading from Summer Heat in the Greek high school of Fanari

At the old Aydın Station

At the Old Aydın Train Station

Dreaming of old Smyrna

This is how I studied old Smyrna

Streets of Istanbul—always my inspiration

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

At the Smyrna Quay

Taking Summer Heat readers to Byzantium times

At a tree which survived the Great Fire of Smyrna

With readers at the Menzilhane Inn, where Avinash stays

In front of the Mansion with Tower

Sumbul's Old House

Reading at the old Agia Katerina district

Old Turkish Neighbourhood

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

At the Old Kasaba Train Station

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

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

Looking for a house for my characters in Istanbul

Chatting with the Readers

Where Scheherazade meets Hilmi Rahmi

At the station across Edith’s house

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

TSOS 2022 Book Tour Group

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

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