November 11, 2026A quarterly magazine of literature and culture
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Gülçin Ada Karaca
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Gülçin Ada Karaca

Gülçin Ada Karaca was born in İstanbul on 9 September 1988. Karaca’s work explores the marks that social traumas leave on the individual, loneliness, and the fragile nature of human relationships. Karaca’s first novel, “Sakin Sokak,” was awarded a prize at the Yol Akademi Edebiyat Yarışması in 2024. Karaca’s first short story, “Bir Damla Sel,” won first prize at the 3. İhsan Yılmazşamlı Öykü Yarışması in 2026. “Bir Damla Sel” was also accepted by cc&d (Children, Churches & Daddies) Magazine, published by the United States-based Scars Publications, and was presented to readers on the digital publishing platform ScarsTV.

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Over a Little Water

I can’t say who started it, but the whole family was having a water fight in our modest flat. My mother was impatiently trying to fill the bowl in her hand from the kitchen tap, turned on full, while with one arm she shielded her ears and face from the water my father was throwing.

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Schriftart · German

Sturm im Wasserglas

Eine Wasserschlacht in einer kleinen Wohnung, eine Mutter, die Tränen lacht, ein Vater, der mitspielt: Für ein paar Minuten ist eine Neunjährige das glücklichste Kind der Welt. Bis eine heruntergefallene Brille alles verändert.

Gülçin Ada Karaca6 min read