Author • Turkish literature

Füsun Çetinel

She was born in İstanbul. Çetinel graduated from the English Language Teaching Department of Boğaziçi University. She works as an instructor and facilitator in writing workshops in Turkey and abroad. Her stories and articles are being published in various literary magazines and online platforms. Her first children’s novel Talking Hagia Sophia (Ayasofya Konuştu, 2015) is about a boy who witnessed the secrets of Hagia Sophia in İstanbul. Her second children’s novel Road of Secrets (Sırlar Yolu, 2016)  is a story written with a wide perspective from Germany to Turkey’s southern Aegean coast and Kaş which is a very famous place with its ancient stone tombs. Her young adult novel Three Weeks on the Wall (Duvarda 3 Hafta, 2017) is a growth story beyond borders. Her children’s novel, focusing on the theme of love of animals, Chiko’s Choice (Çiko’nun Seçimi) was published in 2018. Çetinel’s notable children’s novel Tiny Green Stink Bug (Küçük Pis Yeşil Böcek, 2019) tells a story about a little boy who came to a big city from a village. Her book of short stories, Unspoken Things (Olmayan Şeyler, 2021) is followed by her first picture book The Queen’s Adventures – 3 Cheerful Stories (Kraliçe’nin Maceraları – Neşeli 3 Öykü, 2022), which is about an extraordinary queen’s surprising meeting with three different children. Her latest children’s novel The Last Garden (Son Bahçe, 2024) is about children who are trying to protect a garden whose surroundings are rapidly being concretised. Çetinel lives with her husband in İstanbul; she has a daughter.