ERSANPUBLISHING
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Independent publishing · Est. 1998

Stories change.
Good books remain.

We bring singular voices and lasting ideas to readers who believe books can still change how we see the world.

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ERSANA Language of TreesMira Keskin
ERSANAtlas of Vanishing LightElif Arman
ERSANGassalTulay Ersan
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2026
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Selected works

Featured books

Books that open windows onto unfamiliar worlds—and return us to our own with clearer eyes.

ERSANGassalTulay Ersan
Literary Fiction

Gassal

Tulay Ersan

A surgeon who loses his memory in the 1999 Adapazarı earthquake becomes the lens through which Turkey’s political and social history since the 1970s is explored, highlighting history, family, memory, and prayer.

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Explore a world
of ideas.

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Fiction

Stories that deepen the world

12 titles02

Essays

Ideas in their most enduring form

8 titles03

Poetry

Language distilled to its essence

6 titles04

History

The past made vivid and present

9 titles
Books and letterpress type in the Ersan editorial studioOur editorial studio
Ersan Publishing

We believe in books, writers, and ideas.

Since 1998, our list has been shaped by one conviction: the finest publishing begins with close reading. We work slowly and collaboratively, making books with the care their ideas deserve.

Meet the house
28
Years independent
146
Books in print
17
Languages
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Just published

New releases

The newest additions to the Ersan list.

Our philosophy

Good publishing is more than publishing books.

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Discernment

Not every text needs publication. The right work deserves the right reader.

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Craft

From the first edit to the final binding, quality lives in every decision.

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Endurance

We make books for a longer conversation, not a passing moment.

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The people behind the pages

Our authors

Distinct voices. Original minds. Writers whose work asks to be read again.

Readers’ notes
“Ersan books feel considered before you have read a word. Then the writing reminds you why consideration matters.”
Amelia Hart — London

“A small list with an unusually large horizon.”

Marcus Bell — The Reader
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Notes & conversations

From the journal

On reading, making books, and the ideas that stay with us.

Ersan Letters

Notes from the world of books.

New releases, author conversations, and considered reading—sent occasionally.