Faruk Gültekin

Faruk Gültekin writes fiction and non-fiction at the intersection of existential inquiry and psychological realism. His work is characterized by restraint, dark humor, and a sustained focus on what remains when certainty, redemption, and moral resolution begin to erode.

His literary debut, A Ridiculous Day, A Ridiculous World, A Ridiculous Me, opens with the line “I died,” establishing a tone that resists narrative comfort in favor of irony, silence, and the uncanny. His analytical non-fiction work, Spiritualism Revealed, examines classical spiritualism by separating its foundational principles from popular misconception, prioritizing clarity over belief or persuasion.

His novel The Next blends psychological noir with existential reflection, exploring moral erosion, invisible violence, and relationships shaped by absence rather than salvation. Across genres, Gültekin approaches language as a tool for inquiry rather than instruction, assuming a reader willing to remain with uncertainty.

He writes in English and Turkish.