Ozlem Kurdoğlu

I am a Medical Doctor and a Counsellor with six certificates in the fields of Psychology and Personal Development. I'm a kickboxing, Tai Chi, and Muay Thai practitioner, as well being a search-and-rescuist, scuba diver, and mother of one. I'm also author of five science fiction novels in Turkish, the language of my country. The first four of my sci-fi novels have been print-published in Turkey and sold out. For readers who can read Turkish, the e-book versions of my sci-fi pentology is available via Smashwords in your favorite retailer. "Overcome Violence" is my first non-fiction book as well as my first work that I wrote in two languages, both in English and Turkish. Overcome Violence has also been translated into Dutch by Nico Zwaneveld. I have also drawn and graphically prepared the explanatory illustrations in my book, having discovered my own ability to draw pictures defining motion for the first time at this point in my life. I have compiled a selection of ten basic self-defense approaches from among many martial arts disciplines to ensure that anybody who might end up as the party with lesser muscle in a violent situation can learn how to survive the attack and stay in one piece.