R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots) is ascience fiction play written by the Czech writer Karel Čapek which is the source of the word Robot. The play imagines synthetic people called roboti (robots) who are created to work for humans but eventually rebel which leads to the extenction of humans. R.U.R wasContinue Reading
Turkish Science Fiction has come a long way and it will not be long before Turkey produces world class sci-fi. Long before Sadik Yemni, GORA, Book of Madness etc there was Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam or The Man Who Saved the World. It was one of those movies which are soContinue Reading
Sadik Yemni is a Turkish-Dutch novelist who has been called the Lord of Turkish Fiction. His work combines multiple genres like detective fiction, science fiction, drama, paranormal, horror and humor. Here is a synopsis of some of his well known science fiction novels: The Other Side (Öte Yer): A probeContinue Reading
One of the earliest Turkish Sci-Fi Utopias was written by the Turkish nationalist author Raif Necdet. In Semavi İhtiras (The Celestial Passion), published in 1933 a future secular and republican Turkish utopia is imagined. The story is about Nobel-prize winning Turkish authors and Turkish girls who have many more freedomsContinue Reading
Baska Dunyalar Mumkun or Other Worlds Are Possible is a compilation of science-fiction reviews and critiques. It is the first literary anthology of its kind in Turkey devoted to the subject of Science Fiction as a literary genre – the anthology of science-fiction, dystopia and cyberpunk to be exact. TheContinue Reading
Science Fiction and Fantasy in Turkey seems to be reaching a critical mass. Not only is Turkey producing more Science Fiction but the quality of Science Fiction coming from Turkey has improved significantly. Thus it would be most appropriate to start the series of Turkish Science Fiction with FABİSAD (FantasyContinue Reading
[Image Source: Murat Palta’s Artwork] Starting today and until next Friday I will be doing a series of daily posts on Turkish Science Fiction. This will include serious works of science fiction to not so series science fiction cult movies from Turkey from the 1980s. As Turkey’s profile has risenContinue Reading
G.O.R.A is a Turkish Mel Brooksesque comedy about a used carpet salesman who is abducted by aliens from a far away planet named G.O.R.A where he gets involved in outwittinga plan by the planet’s security chief and saves the day. G.O.R.A spoofs a number of science fiction films such asContinue Reading
The Book of Madness is a collection of short stories by Levent Şenyürek. Most of the stories have a grand premise ranging from the Soviets making contact with the aliens at the 1908 Tugunska event to machines that can make everything including universes. The collection also includes a self-referential storyContinue Reading