Emine Çaykara (born 1964) is a Turkish writer and historian. Born in

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, she is a graduate of

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’s Classical Archeology Faculty. During her studies at Istanbul University she worked at the Ephesus Museum cataloguing ancient sculptures, followed by a two-year participation with an Austrian Archeological Team during their Artemis’ Temple excavation. Due to her background in French she spent the next few years after graduation as a professional tour guide. During that period she translated many works to Turkish. Between 1993 and 1994 Çaykara worked as a journalist with the weekly magazine Panorama and as an editor with '' Turkuaz'', a monthly cultural and environmental periodical. In 1994, she joined the periodical Tempo penning a weekly political column ''The 8th Day'' and as a science, religion, and culture and arts editor. After leaving Tempo in 2000, she translated ''The Best History of Human Being'', a book outlining seven million years of human history and development. In 2001 she released her first work, ''My Angel Mother and I'' (''

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''), followed by ''

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'' in October 2001. The following year Çaykara released her third book, ''

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''. Her translation of ''Picasso’s Table'' was released in December 2002. Between 2001 and 2004 she worked as editor-in-chief with the monthly magazine

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, published by IDO (Istanbul Marine Coach Enterprises), and

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(The Istanbulite), a magazine for the Istanbul Municipality. In September 2005 she edited the book ''The Turkish Superbrands''. She released her fourth work, ''The North Star of Historians, Halil Inalcik'' ( Tarihçilerin Kutbu Halil İnalcık Kitabı), an in-depth biography of Ottoman historian

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, in October 2005. In April 2007 Çaykara released her fifth work, ''The Entrusted Shadow / From New Zealand to Gallipoli 1915'', a book about an unknown

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soldier whose camera and photographs were rediscovered 90 years after his death in

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