BUKET SİVRİ

AUTHOR

Buket
Sivri

A novelist and short-story writer exploring family, human relationships, social change, and the traces time leaves on people.

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Portrait of Buket Sivri

BIOGRAPHY

Traces of the past,
human stories.

Buket Sivri was born in Bakırköy, Istanbul. While studying economics, she entered professional life, but her interest in childhood memories, human relationships and collective memory eventually led her to literature.

Her first novel, İnsan Unuturum Sanır, reached readers in 2019. It was followed by Güz Basamakları and Yedi Yıla İki Gün. Her short stories have appeared in Edebiyatist magazine and in collections published by Düş Tıkırtıları.

Married and a mother of two, Buket Sivri continues to live and write in Istanbul.

NOVELS

Stories, times
and intersecting lives.

İnsan Unuturum Sanır book cover

2019

İnsan Unuturum SanırOne Thinks One Can Forget

Set in Istanbul in 1968, the novel follows the interconnected lives of five women against the memories of the Bakırköy–Yeşilköy railway line. A nostalgic panorama of Istanbul shaped by passion, confrontation and resilience.

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Güz Basamakları book cover

2021

Güz BasamaklarıAutumn Steps

Lives contained within the apartments of Çayeli Apartmanı; stories of love, sorrow, solidarity, loss and new beginnings. A novel in which happiness and grief, victory and defeat, live side by side.

Herbststufen German edition
HerbststufenGerman edition · 2026

Güz Basamakları was translated into German and published as Herbststufen in 2026.

Herbststufen · Amazon.de ↗
Güz Basamakları · Amazon.com.tr ↗
Yedi Yıla İki Gün book cover

2022

Yedi Yıla İki GünTwo Days to Seven Years

As Turkey approaches the military coup of 12 September 1980, İpek and Hasan meet in Istanbul and fall in love. Their story follows the paths along which the coup and life itself scatter them, while asking: “Love or devotion?”

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SHORT STORIES

Short stories,
lasting traces.

Buket Sivri’s short fiction has appeared regularly in Edebiyatist magazine and in Düş Tıkırtıları anthology collections.

Sendeki İstanbul Aşkı OlmasaIf It Weren’t for Your Love of IstanbulEdebiyatist · May–Jun 2023
Bir Hayat OyunuA Game of LifeEdebiyatist · Mar–Apr 2024
Özür DilerimI’m SorryEdebiyatist · Jan–Feb 2024
İhmal Edilmiş Bir MektupA Neglected LetterEdebiyatist · Jul–Aug 2021
Kesin UzaylıydılarThey Were Definitely AliensEdebiyatist · Nov–Dec 2023
Ah Şu KilolarOh, Those Extra KilosEdebiyatist · Sep–Oct 2023
TaşınmaMoving HouseEdebiyatist · Jan–Feb 2022
Anneyi Kapıya Çıkarma SaatiTime to See Mother to the DoorEdebiyatist · Nov–Dec 2022
Aşka DüşmekFalling in LoveEdebiyatist · Jan–Feb 2023
ZırhArmorEdebiyatist · Jul–Aug 2023
Hayır DeğilimNo, I’m NotEdebiyatist · May–Jun 2021
DüğünThe WeddingEdebiyatist · Sep–Oct 2021
Fotoğrafa SığmayanlarThose Who Didn’t Fit in the PhotographEdebiyatist · Mar–Apr 2021
Bu da Benim Kırmızı PazartesimThis Is My Chronicle of a Death ForetoldEdebiyatist · Sep–Oct 2022
KaçışEscapeEdebiyatist · May–Jun 2020
Ananemin BahçesiMy Grandmother’s GardenMay–Jun 2022
Altın TozuGold DustEdebiyatist · Mar–Apr 2022
Delice Bir Bakış Hınzır Bir GülüşA Wild Glance, a Mischievous SmileEdebiyatist · Nov–Dec 2021
Chanel No 5Chanel No. 5Edebiyatist · Jan–Feb 2021
UtançShameEdebiyatist · Nov–Dec 2020
Modern ZamanlarModern TimesJul 2020
Nar Çiçeği Solgunu HırkaThe Pomegranate-Blossom-Faded CardiganFeb 2020
Mezarlık ve RuhlarThe Cemetery and the SpiritsFeb 2020
Bir Masa Hikayesi – Su, Şeker, Tuz Bir de DuaA Table Story – Water, Sugar, Salt and a PrayerJan 2020
BekliyoruzWe Are WaitingDec 2019
KaçışEscapeDüş Tıkırtıları 2021 Collection · Apr 2021
ÖzlemekLongingDüş Tıkırtıları 2022 Collection · Apr 2022

INTERVIEWS

On writing
and remembering.

01.11.2019 · Son Gemi

“We think we forget, but we don’t.”

Interview with Hacer AktaşRead in Turkish →

27.10.2019 · YazarEvi

Zehir Zemberek Interviews

With Ebru Akkaya, on İnsan Unuturum Sanır.Read in Turkish →

17.11.2021 · YazarEvi

On Güz Basamakları

With Can Gazalcı, on characters, fiction and human nature.Read in Turkish →

EVENTS

7–11 OCTOBER 2026

Frankfurt
Book Fair

Frankfurt, Germany

Frankfurt
2026