Mehmet Coral

Mehmet Gündüz Coral (born 11 September 1947) is a Turkish novelist, known for his novels with historical settings. His works, such as Extinct Times of Byzantium (author house/USA 2000) and The Lost Diaries of Constantinople (DK Publishing 2008), are also translated to foreign languages.

Coral was born in Izmir, Turkey to middle class parents. He grew up in Izmir, which is actually the ancient Smyrna, and very much influenced by the historical surroundings of his city and nearby locations like ancient Ephesus, Pergamum, Halicarnassus. Following his spartan boarding school years in private colleges, he went on to study business administration and economics in Aegean University. After graduation, he studied at the University of Amsterdam and The Hague Academy of International Law for post graduate studies.

He lives in Istanbul.

• • Extinct Times of Byzantium (Bizans'ta Kayıp Zaman-1998)
  • The Lost Diaries of Constantinople (Konstantiniye'nin Yitik Günceleri-1999)
  • Endless Breeze (Sonsuz Meltem-2000)
  • The Echo of the Universe (Isikla Yazilsin Sonsuza Adim-2001)
  • The Ashes of Smyrna (Izmir-13 Eylul 1922-2003)
  • FLYING within the boundaries of time and thought (Zamanin ve Dusuncenin Sinirlarinda UCARKEN-2003)
  • Rusty Sun (Paslı Gunes-2005)
  • Asylum Island (Timarhane Adasi-2006)
  • Operation Golden Virgin (Meryem Plani-2007)
  • Love in Alachati (Alacati'da Ask-2009)
  • Daughter of Time-Yellow Rose of Istanbul (Zamanin Kizi-Istanbul'un Sari Gulu-2010)

• Bilici, Faruk (2005-04-01). Turquie, Grèce (in French). ISBN 978-2-85831-150-7. Retrieved 6 March 2011. 
• James, Marion (11 July 2010). "Tell me a tale of İstanbul, the queen of cities!". Today's Zaman. Retrieved 6 March 2011. 
• Kappler, Matthias (2006). Intercultural Aspects in and around Turkic Literatures: proceedings of the international conference held on October 11th-12th, 2003 in Nicosia. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. p. 73. ISBN 978-3-447-05285-6. Retrieved 6 March 2011. 

• • Merchants of Death-International Trade in Arms (Olum Satanlar-2000)
  • The Bride of Fire (Atesin Gelini-2008)

• "Ateşin Gelini Gavur İzmir". Internet Haber (in Turkish). Retrieved 23 July 2010. 

• • BAL prize in arts and Literature- 2001
  • WORLD BROTHERHOOD UNION MEVLANA SUPREME FOUNDATION Prize in literature - 2010
  • IZMIR METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY City Culture literary award - 2011