Bülent ORTAKCİ
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Turkish writer exploring the crossroads of history, archaeology, and the paranormal. I focus on forgotten stories, uncanny events, and mysteries that blur the line between truth and legend.
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The Sleepers of Mount Ararat
The Sleepers of Mount Ararat Mount Ararat rose like a monument swallowed by clouds. Its peak was always shrouded in snow, its slopes bare and littered with wind-scattered stones. A wilderness untouched by man, it had for centuries been fertile ground for legends. Some called it the resting place of Noah’s Ark, others whispered it was a prison for cursed spirits.
By Bülent ORTAKCİ18 days ago in Horror
In the Swamp of the Night:An Anatolian Jinn Wedding. Content Warning.
I. The Frog Hunter in the Dark In a remote village of Anatolia, there lived a young man who made his living by catching frogs. His name was Ismail. Since his childhood, he and his father would go to wetlands and swamp edges at night to catch frogs, then take them to town to sell.
By Bülent ORTAKCİ25 days ago in Horror
The Body Exchange Ritual
At night, the only light leaking from the windows of Mr. Bedri’s mansion was the dim lamp of his study. He felt the weight of his ninety-five years in his bones, in the muscles that had softened like rotting apples. The reflection in the mirror was repulsive: sunken cheeks, sagging skin, cloudy eyes.
By Bülent ORTAKCİabout a month ago in Horror
