Latife Tekin (born 1957) is one of the most influential Turkish female authors.
She gained great fame with her first novel, which tells about village life and people in Anatolia in a fairy-tale atmosphere and with the taste of "One Hundred Years of Solitude" (Gabriel Garcia Marquez).
Her works have been translated into English, German, French, Italian, Persian and Dutch.
Latife Tekin started a "Literary House" project in Bodrum Gumusluk.
With the support of painter Hale Arpacıoğlu from Koç Group companies, the construction of the Art House was started as a part of the same architectural project.