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Güneşhamağı
www.guneshamagi.com
Debut novel, Ithaki, April 2026
Turkish, 512 pages

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A young man, Orman Hardalkedi, and his grandmother Kibrit
return to their hometown Güneşhamağı after eleven years in exile.

Back to a place where everything is forgotten, with the purpose of remembering.

The determined, careful, and intuitive organisation of love enables what once seemed impossible.

An exploration of migration, the balm of belonging, family and identity, modernity and the sacred.


Poetic, tender, political-fantasy-adventure of loss, grief, and resilience.

The nostalgic afterimage of the sunlight filtering through the leaves.

A heartwarming tale of summertime;
of harvested strawberries, fresh rosemary bread, honey and thyme.

"Hayretler içindeyim Mayıs, iyi bir şeyler okuyacağımı tahmin ediyordum ama dürüst olmak gerekirse bu kadarını beklemiyordum. Yazdıklarından deniz tuzu ve incir ağacı kokusu geliyor, çanın sesini kulağımda duyuyorum resmen. Çok enteresan, çok şaşkınım. Dilinin temizliğine, netliğine, şiirine ve icat ettiğin her şeye bayıldım."

—Ayşe Burçak Tuğrul (Aşklar ve Hayaletler, İletişim, 2025)

"I am in awe Mayıs; I was expecting that it would be a good read, but I honestly did not expect this much. Your writing evokes the salt of the sea, I can smell the fig tree, I can literally hear the sounds of the bell tower. Extraordinary; I'm very surprised. I absolutely love the clarity of your voice, your masterful cadence, the poetry you maintain throughout, and every single element you invented."

—Ayşe Burçak Tuğrul (Aşklar ve Hayaletler, İletişim, 2025)

Publishing Director: Ömer Ezer
Art Director: Kardelen Akçam
Editor: Bilal Acarözmen
Edited by: Elif Köksal, İpek Esen
Proofreading: Emine Hızır
Cover Design: Elisha Zepeda, Mayıs Rukel
Cover Photograph: Mayıs Rukel, St. Paul-de-Vence, 2022
Layout: B. Elif Balkın

First Edition, April 2026, Istanbul
ISBN: 978-605-265-713-3
© Mayıs Rukel, 2026
© İthaki, 2026

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