Aşkın Güngör

Aşkın Güngör was born in Istanbul in 1972. He is known as a writer who contributed to Turkish literature in many different fields. He started his publishing career at Alfa Publications in 1990 and later continued his work at Galaksi Publications, founded by Necattin Sinanç in 1994. During this period, he took on various duties such as editor, proofreader, cartoonist, comic book artist and copywriter.

The author's first poetry book, Ben Bir Kediyim, was published in 1993. In the same year, he was awarded the first prize with his work And the Rope was Tightened in the short story competition on Human Rights organized by the Social Democratic Populist Party. This award stood out as his first serious success in literature.

Between 1994 and 1999, he worked as a writer and illustrator in Darkwood Residents Comics Culture and Atılgan Bilimkurgu. In 1996, he won the Jury Incentive Award in the Children's Literature Novel Competition organized by BU Publishing House with his work Land of Dreams. This book went through 44 editions until it was published in 2006 and was a great success.

Among the author's science fiction novels, Gohor Glass City and Gohor Kurtlar Yolu were published in 2003, and Aykolik was published in 2005 by the same publishing house.

In 2002, he appeared in the first book of the Turkish Science Fiction Stories series published by İM Publications with his story Rainbow Space. In 2004, he won the third prize in the Fairy Tale Competition organized by Tudem Culture Publications with his work The Snowman Looking for Love. In the same year, he was awarded the first prize with his story Darling, Shall We Dance? in the Bilişim Magazine 2004 Science Fiction Story Competition, organized by the Turkish Informatics Association and whose selection committee included Zühtü Bayar, Bülent Akkoç, Sönmez Güven, Levent Karadağ and Unsal Oskay. This story was published in Remzi Kitabevi's book Science Fiction Stories.