Here is my interview with Hilâl a.k.a. @birkitolog on Instagram. Illustrations are made by her, too.
KITOLOG TV
Hilâl: Hello, dear book lovers. Welcome to Kitolog TV. Today’s guest is Gizem Çetin, the author of the series Seven Candles and Renaissance in the Daisy Field. Welcome, Ms. Gizem. If you’re ready, let’s get started right away.
Gizem: Thank you. I’m ready, we can start.
Hilâl: Great. First, can you briefly introduce yourself? Who is Gizem Çetin?
Gizem: I am someone who tries to be both a good writer and reader. I love science fiction, am a bit of a dreamer, and an admirer of space. Also I am an electrical and electronics engineer.
Hilâl: Very nice. Let’s continue with the second question. Can you tell us a bit about your books?
Gizem: Of course. Renaissance in the Daisy Field is my first published book. It’s in the fantasy genre. Following that, there’s the science fiction series Seven Candles. Online, I started a political thriller series called “Avaria Games.” It will be four books. I’m currently writing the second one.
Hilâl: Why and how did you start writing?
Gizem: I was a child who loved to dream and create heroes and storylines in my mind. I loved reading books. But the desire to write came to me after seeing a news story on television. They were talking about a child who became an author at the age of 11. I was the same age. I thought, “If they can do it, so can I.”
Hilâl: Can you tell us a bit about Seven Candles series? What is it about and why should it be read? What does it promise the reader?
Gizem Çetin: The series is based on the number 7, as the name suggests. The number 7 is one of the most sacred numbers to humanity. It’s a symbol of completeness, wholeness, unity, celestial harmony, and perfect order. Seven colors, seven notes, seven days of the week… In the Bible and the Torah, it is mentioned that the universe was created in six days and God rested on the seventh day. However, the Quran only mentions the six days of creation because Allah never needs rest.
Gizem: In the series, we go to the year 3672. Technology has advanced so much that we have managed to go beyond Earth, even beyond the Milky Way Galaxy. However, the colonial mindset continues. The Cosmos Union, which controls a large part of the Milky Way Galaxy, wants to invade the Solar System, which at that time is a single country. Iskender, a young man from the Solar System who is forcibly conscripted into the Cosmos Union army, joins a resistance movement and goes to kill a girl named Hayat, who lives alone on a space station in a distant galaxy. But he can’t do it because he can’t reconcile it with his conscience. This is where the series begins. Iskender and Hayat fall into the “past” records stored inside a black hole. Where to? Why? What does all this have to do with Iskender’s family and beliefs? I leave the answers to the books.
Hilâl: Very intriguing. Moving on to the last question. Which character do you feel the most connected to among your books and why?
Gizem: I connect with all of them in different ways. I like Hayat’s (Seven Candles) childlike curiosity and intelligence. I appreciate Crescent’s (Renaissance in the Daisy Field) kindness, Yaz’s (Avaria Games) determination, and desire to achieve great things… Sometimes I wish I could be as talented as my characters.
Hilâl: Thank you very much for joining the interview, Ms. Gizem. It was a pleasure to have you. I wish you continued success. That’s all for our program today. Don’t forget to like our program and follow my account for new content 🙂
Gizem: Thank you.
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