The Rose That Refused to Fade
Grace is seventeen and longing for connection as she begins college and steps beyond the boundaries of home.
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Character-led fiction with a close eye for social nuance.
Süreyya Aydın writes restrained literary fiction about people negotiating duty, desire, loyalty, shame, habit and consequence, often in situations where the most important things are not said directly.
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Novels and novellas about private lives, social pressure and the choices people make under constraint.
What Remains Unsaid
When Leyla returns to Bodrum for her grandmother’s funeral, family and neighbours draw her back into the traditions of local life.
Forthcoming late August 2026.
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What Remains Unsaid is due for publication in late August 2026. In the meantime, free sketches from its fictional world are available through Notes & Sketches, including pieces featuring Ferhunde, Orhan Kaya and the social complications of Torba.
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Short pieces, free sketches and occasional notes connected to Süreyya Aydın’s fictional worlds.
From the world of What Remains Unsaid
Ferhunde and the Unnecessary Börek
A short sketch about neighbours, obligation and the kind of concern that arrives carrying a tray of pastries.
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From the world of What Remains Unsaid
Orhan Kaya and the Dignified Funeral
When an Irish expat dies in Bodrum, Orhan Kaya takes responsibility for ensuring he receives a dignified funeral.
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About Süreyya
Süreyya Aydın writes character-led fiction with a close eye for social nuance, private feeling and the pressures that shape ordinary lives.
Her work moves between domestic, social and institutional worlds, often focusing on what people notice, conceal, misunderstand or cannot bring themselves to say.
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