İsmet Bertan

He was born in 1959, in a little village named Piyadeler in Alaşehir, Manisa. After graduating from Erzurum Atatürk University, Department of Turkish Language and Literature, he worked as a teacher for a couple of years. Then he moved to İzmir and worked as a documentary program producer and director at TRT (Turkish Radio Television) for many years. His first children’s novel Speedy Tosbi (Hızlı Tosbi, 2005) was published simultaneously with its picture book (in “Colour Your First Book” series) for younger readers Little Tosbi Looks for His House (Minik Tosbi Evini Arıyor, 2005). Speedy Tosbi was awarded as IBBY Turkey Children’s Novel of the Year 2005. Bertan gathered his stories for children in a book named The Great Duo (Muhteşem İkili, 2006). He retold some traditional tale motives in his novel Cengâver, The Bewildered Hero (Şaşkın Cengâver, 2009). He greeted street animal friends with his children’s novel named Gawky, Stumpy, and Bitty, Tramp Tramp Tramp! (Hödük, Güdük, Bir de Bıdık, Rap Rap Rap!, 2012). His historical adventure series “Once Upon a Time in Anatolia” caught readers attention in every age: Prisoner of Golat Castle (Golat Kalesi Tutsağı, 2006) told what happened in Cappadocia thousands of years ago; Tiger Queen (Kaplan Kraliçe, 2008) took readers to Black Sea Amazons who revolt against cruelty; The King’s Ambassador (Kralın Elçisi, 2009) made us read a magnificent novel about Hittite, the Land of Thousand Gods; Midas and the Magician (Midas ve Sihirbaz, 2010) told us a breathtaking adventure extended from Anatolia to mysterious world of Ancient Egypt; Bull Fighter (Boğa Güreşçisi, 2011) took us to years 1200’s and told a Turcoman nomad’s migration; Pirate Girls (Korsan Kızlar, 2013) invited us to a voyage guided by Captain Piri’s unique maps to the eerie, deep blue waters of the Mediterranean Sea, and Golden Slave (Altın Köle, 2014) made us travel to three thousand years ago to Urartu Land, the country of cliffs in the midst of East Anatolia… Many books of “Once Upon a Time in Anatolia” series sold to Bulgaria and Serbia. Bertan also writes for adults. He lives in İzmir with his wife; he has a daughter and a son.

All Books By This Author

2nd edition

Altın Köle

Golden Slave
İsmet Bertan
3rd edition

Korsan Kızlar

Pirate Girls
İsmet Bertan
2nd edition

BOĞA GÜREŞÇİSİ
Yeni Yurt Bizans

BULL FIGHTER New Home Byzantium
İsmet Bertan
15th edition

Hızlı Tosbi

Speedy Tosbi
İsmet Bertan
6th edition

Muhteşem İkili

The Great Duo
İsmet Bertan
4th edition

Şaşkın Cengâver

Cengâver, The Bewildered Hero
İsmet Bertan
5th edition

Hödük, Güdük, Bir de Bıdık, Rap Rap Rap!

Gawky, Stumpy And Bitty, Tramp Tramp Tramp!
İsmet Bertan
5th edition

KAPLAN KRALİÇE
Karadeniz Amazonları

TIGER QUEEN Black Sea Amazons
İsmet Bertan
7th edition

GOLAT KALESİ TUTSAĞI

PRISONER OF GOLAT CASTLE Thousands of Years Ago in Cappadocia
İsmet Bertan
4th edition

KRALIN ELÇİSİ
Bin Tanrılı Hitit Ülkesi

THE KING'S AMBASSADOR Hittite, the Land of a Thousand Gods
İsmet Bertan
4th edition

MİDAS VE SİHİRBAZ
Efsane Krallık Frigya

MİDAS AND THE MAGİCİAN Legendary Kingdom
İsmet Bertan
3rd edition

Minik Tosbi Evini Arıyor

Little Tosbi Looks For His House
İsmet Bertan

Rights Sold

2nd edition

Altın Köle

Golden Slave
Serbia
5th edition

KAPLAN KRALİÇE
Karadeniz Amazonları

TIGER QUEEN Black Sea Amazons
Bulgaria
7th edition

GOLAT KALESİ TUTSAĞI

PRISONER OF GOLAT CASTLE Thousands of Years Ago in Cappadocia
Bulgaria
4th edition

KRALIN ELÇİSİ
Bin Tanrılı Hitit Ülkesi

THE KING'S AMBASSADOR Hittite, the Land of a Thousand Gods
Bulgaria,  Serbia
4th edition

MİDAS VE SİHİRBAZ
Efsane Krallık Frigya

MİDAS AND THE MAGİCİAN Legendary Kingdom
Bulgaria