
My name is Garip, my surname is Toz. I am a character from a novel, born in the melancholic waves of Holmi Harbor, searching for traces of love and loss.

Four Days in Holmi Harbor
A poignant tale of love, loss, and self-discovery. Follow Garip as he navigates the melancholic shores of Holmi Harbor, searching for traces of Sibel and his own past.
A snow-white bird in the sky—its wings spread wide with pride—opens and closes its beak, gliding gently while savoring the crisp, clean air. An albatross, surely—no other bird would dare try to embrace the world with its wings. The night is moonless—pitch black—yet how is it that the soft sway of this bird’s milk-white feathers fills the entire sky?
(From “The Second Day”)

Explore Garip Toz, the heartfelt Turkish origin of the Four Days in Holmi Harbor series.
A female deer hunter’s story during the fierce Turkish War of Independence in Anatolia, Gülsüm the Sightless will soon meet its readers.


The final cries of a hopeless love, desperate letters to a lost beloved and a world of dark passion. Coming soon to its readers.

was born in 1982 in Mersin, where he grew up, drawing inspiration from the melancholic spirit of the Mediterranean…
gariptozz@gmail.com