Mangal Media

Mangal Media is an Istanbul-Based online platform founded in 2016. We have since developed into a micro-press in 2020 that specialises in illustrated books by artists and authors from outside Europe and the US.

Efe Levent, Turtle Trainer, Mangal Media, 2024, © Efe Levent

**In the far-off future of 2023...**

Turkey is celebrating the republic's 100th year by sending four mutant turtle brothers to explore Mars. But things are not what they seem… Raised by a dystopian state that values loyalty over all else, the confines of the space station start to merge with the limits of their consciousness. Hayret, Hiddet, Hikmet and Hürmet each respond to the harrowing mysteries on a hostile planet, in their own ways. Will they overcome the dangers lurking among the barren ochre dunes and the explosive geysers boiling underneath their fragile space station? Or will they discover that the real danger lies within their tortured bodies and tormented souls? Brace yourselves for a journey into the depths of a dystopian terror, unlike any you have ever known…

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