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|  | | Antiquary Arago's Diary (Antikacı Arago'nun Günlüğü)
Antiquary Arago's Diary is a crime novel by the Turkish author Mehmet Murat ildan, published (in Turkish) in Istanbul by the "Truva Publishing House" (Truva Yayinlari) in August 2005.
It takes place in the John Constable Country in the 19th century England. A famous and wealthy aristocratic novelist Gregory Morgan, living in a small village in Dedham-Essex, decides to write a crime novel. His wife Elizabeth persuades him that no fiction can be superior to reality. She offers her husband to meet a real murderer so that he can deeply examine and understand the true nature of murderers... A different version of the novel exists as a theatre play, Emmanuel Aragos Diary which was translated into English by Yurdanur Salman a well-known linguist in Istanbul. | |  | | Beggar's Prophecy (Dilencinin Kehaneti)
This two-act play by the author Mehmet Murat ildan was first published in Ankara (in Turkish) by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Turkey in 2001.
The play passes in the 1930's Paris. In a narrow and a dirty street, a beggar has been begging money from a rich woman. After they talk for a while, the beggar discovers a secret of the woman. Beggar's Prophecy has a play within a play. The inner play has psychological significance for the characters in the outer play. There is some parallel between the two plays. | |  | | Eyes of Magic (Ödüllü Oyunlar - Büyünün Gözleri)
This two-act play by the author Mehmet Murat ildan was published in Istanbul (in Turkish) by the MitosBOYUT Yayinevi in 2000.
The play passes in the 17th century Italy. A count, Signor Monteverdi, lost a big amount when gambling and so he got into a huge debt. If he can't pay it back, everything he has will be taken away from him. To solve this problem, count visits a magician, Metastasio, who lives in an island surrounded by marsh land. This play got "The Best Play Award" in a National Playwriting Contest in Istanbul. It is partly published in the "Absinthe New European Writing Journal" in the USA. It is a text written in the tradition of Italian Commedia dell'Arte which was a popular form of improvisational theatre | |  | | Galileo Galilei
This two-act play by the author Mehmet Murat ildan was published in Ankara (in Turkish) by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Turkey in 2001.
A Comedy about the clash between geocentric and heliocentric world views in Renaissance Italy. Since the German playwright Bertolt Brecht's Life of Galileo, it is another theatrical work about Galilei's life. | |  | | Ghosts of Forest (Ormanın Hayaletleri)
This two-act play by the author Mehmet Murat ildan was published in Ankara (in Turkish) by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Turkey in 2000.
Kemal dislikes all kind of negative effects of modern civilization; he decides to be an archaeologist and goes to a tranquil rural area. Over there, he undergoes a metaphysical experience. In the play, science is considered as a gift from God to Man and as a magical lamp like the one Aladdin has. | |  | | Lovers of Samos Island (Sisam Adası Aşıkları)
Lovers of Samos Island is a story book by the Turkish author Mehmet Murat ildan, first published (in Turkish) by the Truva Publishing House (Truva Yayinlari) in Istanbul in 2006.
The book consists of 14 stories: 1- Sisam Adası Aşıkları (Lovers of Samos Island) 2- Napoli'de Balayı (Honeymoon in Naples) 3- Sekoya Çiçeği (Sequoia Flower) 4- Kara Sinek (Housefly) 5- Ölümsüz Yarış (Endless Race) 6- Kerempe Feneri (Kerempe Lighthouse) 7- Kurnaz Hancı (Cunning Inkeeper) 8- insan Hırsınınn Öyküsü (The Story of Human Ambition) 9- Manastır Berberi (Monastery Barber) 10- Leopar (Leopard) 11- Nuh'un Gemisi (Noah's Ark) 12- Truva Atı (Trojan Horse) 13- Bal Arısının iğnesi (Honeybee's Needle) 1 | |  | | Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
This two-act play by the author Mehmet Murat ildan was published in Ankara (in Turkish) by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Turkey in 2002.
It gives the life story of Mahatma Gandhi and his non-violent struggle against the British rule in India; it also gives the story of the establishment of modern India. It begins when he is twelve years old and ends with his death. | |  | | Roses Underneath Paris (Paris'in Altındaki Güller)
Roses underneath Paris is a crime novel by the Turkish author Mehmet Murat ildan, published (in Turkish) in Istanbul by the Truva Publishing House (Truva Yayinlari) in January 2006.
It takes place in the 1930's Paris. In a narrow and a dirty street, a beggar has been begging money from a rich woman. After they talk for a while, the beggar discovers a secret of the woman... Events will take the beggar to the Royal Street Sewer (Egout de la Rue Royale) in Paris. In Chapter II, Roses underneath Paris has a one act theatre play, Cunning Knight. This play has psychological significance for the characters in the novel. | |  | | Shakyamuni Buddha (Sakyamuni Buda)
This two-act play by the author Mehmet Murat ildan was published in Ankara (in Turkish) by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Turkey in 2000.
A play about the life of Siddartha Gautama Buddha and the philosophy of Buddhisim. In 563 BC, Buddha's father King Suddhodana and his mother Queen Maya go to a temple to see the wise man Asita. They try to learn the meanings of supernatural things surrounding their newly born baby Siddhartha. | |  | | The First Sorrows of Young Werther (Genç Werther'in İlk Acıları)
The First Sorrows of Young Werther is an epistolary novel by the Turkish author Mehmet Murat ildan, published (in Turkish) in Istanbul by the Truva Publishing House (Truva Yayinlari) in April 2007.
It carries the traces of German literary movement "Sturm und Drang." (German for "Storm and Stress") Starting from a paragraph in Goethe's The Sorrows of Young Werther, writer Mehmet Murat ildan has added a premier episode to Goethe's novel. It takes place in the 18th century England. In 1769, young artist of a highly sensitive and passionate temperament, Werther, goes to Shakespeare's town Stratford upon Avon; while watching a play, he falls in love with a pretty girl who is an actress. Events will take him to the Dunnotar Castle on the north-east coast of Scotland. | |  | | William Shakespeare
This two-act play by the author Mehmet Murat ildan was published in Ankara (in Turkish) by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Turkey in 2002.
The play passes in the early XVIIth century England, the times of Elizabeth I. A sunday morning in London, near Saint Paul's Cathedral, Shakespeare comes accross Francis, a young man, a great admirer of Shakespeare, from Stratford upon Avon. The play contains a great many details about the English Renaissance theatre, and the problems faced by the playwrights in that period. The language and logic of Shakespeare are used throughout the play. |
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