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TURKISH LANGUAGE - TAY SERIES
This series of Turkish language books were published by Tay Yayinlari between 1983 and 1990 and included all 14 James Bond titles written by Ian Fleming. As you can see I'm currently missing one title, "Live And Let Die". The covers were created by Aslan Sukur, a prolific comic book illustrator in Turkey, who sadly passed away in 2022 at the age of 77. Roger Moore's likeness appears on every cover as he was the cinematic Bond in 1983 when the series was first released, while Sean Connery's image as Bond appears on every rear cover. Two interesting facts: 1) In Moore's memoir "Bond On Bond" it includes a photo of the cover of "Dr. No" from this series and Moore joked about his face appearing on the cover despite it being a Connery film. 2) The cover of the 1981 edition of "For Your Eyes Only" published by Triad-Panther shared almost the same cover image. A special thanks to Hero, our walking tour guide in Turkiye, who led us to many second-hand book stores in Istanbul during our trip there, and from where I picked up several of these titles.
This series of Turkish language books were published by Tay Yayinlari between 1983 and 1990 and included all 14 James Bond titles written by Ian Fleming. As you can see I'm currently missing one title, "Live And Let Die". The covers were created by Aslan Sukur, a prolific comic book illustrator in Turkey, who sadly passed away in 2022 at the age of 77. Roger Moore's likeness appears on every cover as he was the cinematic Bond in 1983 when the series was first released, while Sean Connery's image as Bond appears on every rear cover. Two interesting facts: 1) In Moore's memoir "Bond On Bond" it includes a photo of the cover of "Dr. No" from this series and Moore joked about his face appearing on the cover despite it being a Connery film. 2) The cover of the 1981 edition of "For Your Eyes Only" published by Triad-Panther shared almost the same cover image. A special thanks to Hero, our walking tour guide in Turkiye, who led us to many second-hand book stores in Istanbul during our trip there, and from where I picked up several of these titles.
© TAY YAYINLARI 1984 "ROYALE KUMARHANESI" ("CASINO ROYALE") Cover Artist: Aslan Sukur | 
© TAY YAYINLARI 1990 "AY HAREKATI" ("MOONRAKER") Cover Artist: Aslan Sukur | 
© TAY YAYINLARI 1990 "OLUMSUZ ELMASLAR" ("DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER") Cover Artist: Aslan Sukur | 
© TAY YAYINLARI 1983 "RUSYADAN SEVGILERLE" ("FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE") Cover Artist: Aslan Sukur | 
© TAY YAYINLARI 1984 "SENIN GOZLERIN ICIN" ("FOR YOUR EYES ONLY") Cover Artist: Aslan Sukur |
© TAY YAYINLARI 1990 "DOKTOR NO" ("DR NO") Cover Artist: Aslan Sukur | 
© TAY YAYINLARI 1990 "ALTINPARMAK" ("GOLDFINGER") Cover Artist: Aslan Sukur | 
© TAY YAYINLARI 1990 "YILDIRIM HAREKATI" ("THUNDERBALL") Cover Artist: Aslan Sukur | 
© TAY YAYINLARI 1984 "BENI SEVEN CASUS" ("THE SPY WHO LOVED ME") Cover Artist: Aslan Sukur | 
© TAY YAYINLARI 1984 "KRALICENIN HIZMETINDE" ("ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE") Cover Artist: Aslan Sukur |
© TAY YAYINLARI 1990 "INSAN IKI KERE YASAR" ("YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE") Cover Artist: Aslan Sukur | 
© TAY YAYINLARI 1990 "ALTIN TABANCALI ADAM" ("THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN") Cover Artist: Aslan Sukur | 
© TAY YAYINLARI 1984 "AHTAPOT" ("OCTOPUSSY") Cover Artist: Aslan Sukur |