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  • Bibliography:
    15 Books
  • First Book:
    April 1977
  • Latest Book:
    March 2017
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Book List in Order: 15 titles



  • Turkey’s greatest novelist, Yashar Kemal is an unsurpassed storyteller who brings to life a world of staggering violence and hallucinatory beauty. Kemal’s books delve deeply into the entrenched social and historical conflicts that scar th...





  • # 82554-2. Kemal's masterpiece, its principal character being Ince Memed, "The Hawk", courageous protector of downtrodden peasants, fugitive scourge of corrupt oppressors - translated by Edouard Roditi. 376 pages....








  • Set in the mountains of Anatolia, this story of love, pursuit and vengeance recounts the efforts of Memed, a poor orphan, to obtain justice against a tyrant, even if it means taking to banditry to achieve his ends. The author also wrote "The Wind fro...




  • There is an ancient Turkish tradition that promises the person who frees a small bird a place in paradise. Three boys set up a business of catching birds to enable people to free them, but city people are now sceptical and tragedy lies in wait for th...











  • While fleeing invading Russian troops, Ismail Agha finds Salman, a child left for dead at the side of the road, and raises him as his own son, but when Ismail's own son is born, jealously and anger come between Ismail and Salman...



  • This is the story of a bitter war between the poor Turkish peasants of the Taurus Mountains and the greedy Aghas who covet their land and are prepared to go to any lengths including theft, arson and murder to get it. Ali Safa has determined to take p...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Yashar Kemal has published 15 books.

Yashar Kemal does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, They Burn Thistles, was published in March 2017.

The first book by Yashar Kemal, They Burn the Thistles, was published in April 1977.

No. Yashar Kemal does not write books in series.