Osman Necmi Gürmen (1927 – 29 June 2015) was a Turkish

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. Gürmen was careful to use historical sources for his historical novels. His first novel was written in French, ''L'echarpe d'iris'', was published in France in 1976, by

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. The book was published in

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by Hürriyet Books in 1977, under the name ''Ebem Kuşağı''. Gürmen's second novel, ''Kılıç Uykuda Vurulur'', was written in Turkish, and published by Hürriyet Books in 1978. The novel was translated into French in 1979, and was published in France by Gallimard under the title ''L'espadon''. The book was translated to Norwegian in 1981 and was published with the title ''Sverdfisken'' by

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. After a break, Gürmen started working on ''Le Renegat'' in French at the beginning of the 1990s. The work, being very large, could not be published. Later on, the author decided to rewrite the book, again in French due to the sources used, and brought the content to a manageable size. The book was published with the title ''Mühtedi'', in Turkish, in 2007. His fourth novel, ''Râna'', was published in 2006, prior to ''Le Renegat''. ''Râna'' was on the Turkish best-seller charts for over 6 months.

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