Aimed at intermediate Turkish learners, Kaçan Adam: A Turkish Learner’s Crime Novel is a short mystery / detective story in idiomatic Turkish complete with exercises, vocabulary and grammar review.
Over the course of 24 lively chapters, it follows the fate of former intelligence officer Erkan Demirel, who has been convicted of selling secret military documents but who manages to escape from prison and embarks on a quest to prove his innocence…
For use either as a supplement to classroom instruction (CEFR A2-B1 and ACTFL, Lower Intermediate Level) or individually, this book will guide students through their first complete novel in Turkish while revising and reinforcing key points of modern Turkish grammar and expression.
1 Hapishanede
2 Tekirdağ’dan İstanbul’a
3 Tek şansım
4 Bu bir tuzak mı?
5 Bir kasabanın tren istasyonunda
6 Kocama benziyorsun
7 Kapıda birisi var
8 Bu sefer kaçamayacak
9 Belki bize çay getirir
10 Gözü kapalı güvenenler
11 Kaçak hâlâ serbest
12 Seni bekliyordum
13 Serinkanlı bir kadın
14 Kendisini tanıyamadı
15 Barda içki içen adam
16 Antika çalgılar
17 Beni dinlesen iyi olur
18 Yaşlı ve kör adamın evinde
19 Sana beş saniye veriyorum
20 Bir dosya buldular
21 Beni bu işe nasıl soktun?
22 Cevap vermezsen seni öldüreceğim
23 Garajda yalnız değildi
24 Özgür bir adam
Key to exercises
Biography
Mafalda Ade is a Lecturer of Turkish at McGill University, Montreal, Quebec/Canada.
"Finally, a novel that intermediate high/advanced low learners of Turkish will enjoy reading that will also help them see complex grammar in context while building vocabulary! I highly recommend this new fun and effective teaching tool." - Roberta Micallef, Professor of the Practice Turkish, Boston University, USA
