ORNİTOLOG
Nihat Özdal's debut novel "Ornithologist" follows İshak, an ornithologist tracing ancient avian palaces carved into historic mosques, churches, and palaces.
BOOKS
His published books include Google’dan Önce (2010 – 2010 Memet Fuat Young Poetry Award & 2011 Homer Poetry Award), Kanat İzleri (2012), Düğmeler (2015), Deri (2017 – 2017 Golden Laurel Literature Award), Düğmeler, Deri, Koordinatlar (2021), Sualtındaki Hafıza (2021), Dalgalar Nasıl Oluşur? (2022), Koku (2023), Caz ve Muvaşşah (2023), Karanlık Nedir? (2023), Coğrafi Keşifler Öncesi Anadolu Mutfağı, Meyve Yemekleri (2023), Kuş Pencereleri (2023), Makas (2023), Keklik Bilgisi (2023), Çekim Yasası (2023), Kumaş (2023), Harita (2024), Mülkiyet Fikri (2024), Sırtlan Bilgisi (2024), Lindëa Arnë (2024), Umami (2024), Yük Yeri (2024), Su Seyahatnamesi (2024), Sen Bizden Değilsin (2024), Futbol Yuvarlaktır (2025), Ütü Müzesi (2025), Arkası (with photographs by Ebru Ceylan) (2025), Dans (2025), Bu (2025), L'Eclisse (2026), Tuvalet Mimarisi (2026), and Ornitolog (2026).
His books have been translated into Russian, Italian, Kurdish, Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese, Syriac, Serbian, Macedonian, Crimean Tatar, Croatian, French, Dutch, Bulgarian, Bosnian, Ukrainian, Uzbek, English, Persian, Armenian, and various African languages.
BULUT / HAİKU
Minimalist haiku and poetic texts meditating on clouds, water transformation, seasonal cycles, and temporal impermanence.
TUVALET MİMARİSİ
An inquiry into architecture, privacy, hygiene history, water culture, and body politics examining one of the most secluded spaces through philosophy and anthropology.
DANS
An artist and audio cassette edition exploring the performative interplay between body, rhythm, sound, spatial movement, and memory.
L'ECLISSE (THE ECLIPSE)
Inspired by Michelangelo Antonioni's 1962 cinematic masterpiece L'Eclisse, this work explores silence, void, gaze, and modern alienation through a poetic and interdisciplinary dialogue with film aesthetics.
FUTBOL YUVARLAKTIR
Exploring football not merely as a game, but as collective memory, ancient geometry, and a narrative of human stories.
SU SEYAHATNAMESİ
A travelogue and philosophical reflection on water, rivers, submerged civilizations, and the transforming power of aquatic memory.
UMAMI
Philosophical and literary essays exploring the 'fifth taste' umami, delving into flavor profiles, scent, culinary memory, and multisensory dining experiences.
YÜK YERİ (TOPLU ŞİİRLER)
Comprehensive collection of poems bringing together Nihat Özdal's poetry books and award-winning poetic texts.
KUŞ PENCERELERİ
Enriched with illustrations by Beste Dündar, this book explores stone bird windows, pavilions, and architectural shelters designed for birds in ancient Mesopotamian and Mediterranean architecture.
KUMAŞ (FABRIC)
A bilingual poetry and art book examining the relationship between fabric, weaving, skin, and memory. Translated by Aron Aji.
MEYVE YEMEKLERİ (ANADOLU MUTFAĞI)
The forgotten culinary heritage of pre-Columbian Anatolian cuisine, featuring fruit-based dishes and sensory archaeology.
SUALTINDAKİ HAFIZA (UNDERWATER MEMORY)
A bilingual prestige art volume dedicated to the lost memories of submerged Halfeti and underwater sculpture installations.
DÜĞMELER, DERİ, KOORDİNATLAR
Synthesizing Nihat Özdal's "Düğmeler" (2015) and the award-winning "Deri" (2017) with "Koordinatlar", this poetry trilogy unifies materiality, human touch, and geographic coordinates into an expansive lyrical narrative.
DERİ
Poetry exploring the outermost boundary of the human body, sensory contact, and corporeal memory.
DÜĞMELER
Poetic archaeology of buttons, reflecting on clothing history, privacy, and human intimacy.
KANAT İZLERİ
Published by Hayal Publishing, "Kanat İzleri" (Wing Traces) brings together spatial and lyrical poetry exploring migratory birds, wind pathways, and celestial movements.
GOOGLE’DEN ÖNCE
Memet Fuat and Homeros Award-winning poetry volume exploring collective memory, encyclopedias, and knowledge prior to the digital era.