Stella Aciman

In the early 2000s, Aciman published her first book, Bella. This one of the first novels in Turkey that addressed the issue of homosexuality as the main character, Bella, was married to a man but fell in love with another woman.^[3]

In 2003, after her mother died,^[3] she moved to the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, settling in Lefkoşa and switching the focus of her novels to the divided island and its society. That same year, she published her second book, Kırlangıçların Ömrü (The Life of a Swallow). Her third novel, Bir Masaldı Geçen Yıllar 1926-1960 (A Fairy Tale from 1926 to 1960) was published in 2006, whose plot is based on the Turkish women since Cyprus became a crown colony until its independence from the United Kingdom.

In 2011, she published her fourth novel, Orda Bir Ada Var Uzakta

She is also a regular writer for the Turkish Cypriot newspaper Yeni Düzen.^[4]

• Bella (1st edition). Galata Yayıncılık, 2002, Edebiyat Roman Dizisi. ISBN 975-05-0049-0 ^[5]
• Kırlangıçların Ömrü. Sınırda Yaşayan Düş Yorgunları (1st edition). Karakutu Yayınları, 2003. ISBN 978-97-5865-8275 ^[6]
• Bir Masaldı Geçen Yıllar 1926-1960 (3rd edition). +1 Kitap, 2006. ISBN 978-97-5606-3279 ^[7]
• Orda Bir Ada Var Uzakta (2nd edition). Galata Yayıncılık, 2011. ISBN 978-60-5446-3091 ^[8]