Eldem,_Burak

Burak Eldem is a Turkish writer and researcher whose work sits at the intersection of alternative history, archaeo-astronomy, and “ancient astronaut” style speculation. He is best known for books that reframe ancient Mesopotamian and other traditions through a modern conspiratorial and cyclical-catastrophe lens.

Eldem has been described as a writer/researcher with experience in media and programming, and he built a following through essays and books that argue for hidden continuities in civilization’s story—often through unorthodox readings of sacred texts and ancient records.

Eldem is not a classical “case investigator” ufologist; his relevance to ufology is primarily thematic. His work overlaps with UFO discourse through ancient-astronaut ideas, Planet X narratives, and claims of suppressed historical knowledge that imply non-human or non-conventional influences on human history.

In the early 2000s he began consolidating themes that would define his public reputation: speculative cosmology, reinterpretations of Mesopotamian material, and a “hidden history” framing meant to connect distant antiquity to modern anomalies.

His visibility rose with books tied to the 2012 cultural moment, where mass-market interest in apocalyptic/cyclical narratives created a large audience for Planet X / “returning planet” storylines.

Later projects continued the “hidden history” approach while expanding into fiction, using thriller-like storytelling to dramatize themes of secrecy, immortality, forbidden knowledge, and civilizational resets.

Eldem’s main “contribution” is cultural: he helped package and popularize a Turkish-language version of a broader international motif—ancient texts + astronomical cycles + modern secrecy—presented as a single explanatory framework for history and anomalies.

Rather than championing individual UFO cases, Eldem’s work tends to treat “the phenomenon” as diffuse historical influence. Discussions typically center on texts, symbols, timelines, and interpretive systems rather than on witness-centric investigations.

His writings commonly emphasize (1) suppressed or misread meanings in ancient records, (2) cyclical return narratives, and (3) a civilizational “hidden layer” that mainstream scholarship allegedly ignores.

Eldem’s approach is frequently criticized as speculative and interpretive rather than evidentiary, relying on selective readings and broad synthesis instead of testable historical methodology.

He is mainly cited within Turkish alternative-history and esoteric communities, and secondarily by international readers who follow ancient-astronaut and Planet X narratives.

2012: Rendez-vous With Marduk / Appointment With Marduk Fraternis: Lost Books, Secret Brotherhood Talismans Protect Thee Sunset Fandango

Within ufology-adjacent discourse, Eldem is best understood as a “mythic framework” author: influential for narratives and themes that many UFO communities reuse, even when they do not follow his specific claims.