This book is written to give young readers one message: This is our planet and we cannot exist without it; therefore, we should love and protect it.

This is My Planet: Our planet is the most important thing in our lives, as we wouldn’t exist without it. The stories in this book explain to children that we as human beings not only have to protect our planet, but also need to be kinder to our animal friends and all other living species.

Fatma is based on the true story of a young girl from a village in Anatolia. She enters into an early marriage with great hope, but the marriage soon turns into a nightmare. Fatma murders her husband for reasons that she sees as justified. Most of her sentence is served in the disgusting conditions of Sinop Prison. When she returns home, she is belittled by her family and shunned by the village. She spends time looking for work until she realizes the only job a widow and former convict can do is prostitution. She heads to Istanbul to become a prostitute rather than suffer humiliation in her hometown. Still, it’s a hard and dangerous life...

High school sweethearts Ekrem and Manolya’s love ends dramatically when Manolya takes Ekrem’s joke the wrong way. From that day onward, Ekrem feels bitter towards Manolya, who also feels deep regret. After many years Ekrem, a successful basketball player, becomes a famous coach, while Manolya becomes a renowned doctor. Their paths cross again when Ekrem’s kidneys fail. Unable to find a donor match, he desperately awaits death. Manolya comes to his rescue, but the cost might be too high for Ekrem…This is a tragic novel that ends dramatically.

This book reveals the surprising characteristics of the Hittites, founders of Anatolia’s first empire. You would probably be astounded to hear that 3,500 years ago people had to shower and keep their nails clean before going to beerhouses and restaurants, not out of politeness, but by law. If I told you that the Hittites in Hattusha invented the first sewage system, and that homes in those times included bathtubs, you would probably think I was exaggerating, but it’s true! What’s more, the Hittites were the first to process iron regularly. They also invented doorway thresholds, the pinning system used to fix rocks together, the passage called a potern made by piling up stones, the chest wall used for reinforcment, and much more. They abandoned the “eye for an eye” concept and set up a compensation system that serves as the basis of modern law. The Hittite Queen Puduhepa, could be considered the first feminist. The assembly called the Panku was superior to the king, and even he had to obey the laws of the Hittites’ simple constitution. In this way, you could that the Hittites established the first constitutional monarchy. It is also worth mentioning that there was no death penalty. Although the Hittites have vanished into the void of history, their goddess Hepat is still identified with the Japanese goddess of the sun Amaterasu. Each year in April, thousands of Japanese come to Hattusha and celebrate the ascendance of the goddess from underground to the sky.

Osiris, a planet of the Plaites Star Constellation (M45), has a well-developed civilization; however, yet has polluted its environment without sane considerations. Amegar, who foresees this situation, warns the government authorities but is refused and despised by them. However, Amegar grows seeds that can grow in carbon dioxide environments, then hides and encrypts them somewhere in Earth. After couple of years, when the planet becomes a place where no one can live, they need Amegar’s seeds. Amegar’s great granddaughter Osi and another girl from Earth must get together. This little girl is Ozge, who wants to become a good volleyball player. These two girls go through a lot to find and decrypt the seed, and eventually find the treasure with some help from their fathers, when needed. The biggest danger for them is Prince Olho, who comes from another planet which needs the same seeds. This exciting and entertaining book takes the reader through a journey in time.