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DATABASE This is an online repository of Turkish literature in English translation compiled by Nefise Kahraman. The list is organized alphabetically by the authors’ first names. The authors’ boo…

📢Database updated! Our website hosts a growing repository of Turkish literature in English translation. Bookmark it as your go-to reference or dive in to discover your next read! 👉 translationattached.com/database/ #Database #translationattached #turkishliteratureintranslation

An erotic ghost story? What a concept 👻 Find it in One Thousand and One Kisses (tr. @burcukarahan.bsky.social)! A hauntingly sultry story, where desire lingers beyond the grave, or so it seems 🎃 To read the story 👉 translationattached.com/2024/10/30/t...

Your Halloween spirit craving a haunted house tale? 🎃
Here’s one from Nezihe Muhiddin (1898–1958), written in the 1930s, where nothing is as it seems🏚️ translationattached.com/from-the-works… #thehauntedhouse #Halloween #nezihemuhiddin #turkishliteratureintranslation

Bin Bir Buse serisi İngilizceye çevrildi – Burcu Karahan: “Osmanlı kadınları, bu metinlerde kadına verilen özgürlük gücünü memnuniyetle karşıladı” 1923-24'te İstanbul'da isimsiz olarak yayımlanan "Bin Bir Buse" serisi Burcu Karahan tarafından İngilizceye çevrildi. Karahan kitabı anlattı.

Bin Bir Buse serisi İngilizceye çevrildi - Burcu Karahan: "Osmanlı kadınları, bu metinlerde kadına verilen özgürlük gücünü memnuniyetle karşıladı"

Türkçe adıyla Binbir Buse, @burcukarahan.bsky.social çevirisiyle yayınevimizdn çıktı🎉Kitapta original baskıda yer alan karikatürlere&tatlı mı tatlı çizimlere de yer verdik.Ayrıca kitabın tarihsel arkaplanına ışık tutan,çevirmenin yazdığı bir giriş yazısı da var.Kapak resmi @aliyaycioglu.bsky.social

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📯📯 One Thousand and One Kisses 💋 is now out from @tra-attached.bsky.social!
💫 Heartfelt thanks to @aliyaycioglu.bsky.social for 🎨 cover art; and Louis de Bernieres, @ratherserious.bsky.social, and @whitejenny.bsky.social for their generous support.
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AVAILABLE NOW Our fourth book is now available!

New Book Alert 📣 One Thousand and One Kisses is out now! Written by anonymous authors in 1920s&translated by @burcukarahan.bsky.social, these cheeky tales promise laughter, mischief, and the occasional blush💋 Cover art by @aliyaycioglu.bsky.social

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Freedom and Desire in Late Ottoman Erotica

🎙️ Burcu Karahan @burcukarahan.bsky.social chats with Suzie Ferguson of Ottoman History Podcast about how erotic fiction transformed from manuscript to print culture in the Ottoman Empire👀 Plus, the story behind One Thousand and One Kisses - out soon! 📖 #1001kisses 💋 open.spotify.com/episode/4GV7...

Stories of Exile is a vivid slice of Middle Eastern life in the early 20th century told through the eyes of an educated Ottoman-Turkish writer, Refik Halid Karay. At a time of upheaval, then as now, Lebanon to Palestine comes alive in these striking stories.

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While translating "One Thousand and One Kisses," I found myself deep in euphemisms and literary sleuthing—merkez مركز, it turns out, is much more than just “center.” #seviyorummerkez

"The word kedi (cat) in Turkish is not commonly used as a euphemism for female genitalia, as it is in French (chatte) or English (pussy). Yet in this story, that euphemism was clearly intended."

Read more 😽👉🏼 translationattached.com/2025/08/27/m...

Merkez: l’Origine du mot Burcu Karahan, translator of One Thousand and One Kisses, reflects on the nuances of translating the words kedi and merkez into English.

Step inside the translator’s mind 👉 Don't miss @burcukarahan.bsky.social Burcu Karahan’s Translator’s Note for One Thousand and One Kisses. The book is coming soon with a stellar cover! #translatorsnote #turkishliteratureintranslation 💋

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The Ghost Here is an excerpt from Binbir Buse Serisi (“A Thousand and One Kisses Series”) by an anonymous author (circa 1920) and translated into English by Burcu Karahan

Need a little spice? 🔥 One Thousand and One Kisses 💋 brings you cheeky, erotic tales from early 20th-century Istanbul. Coming soon… Here’s a bite:

translated by Burcu Karahan

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📌"This translation will be of particular interest to scholars of late Ottoman literature, folklore, and gender satire, as well as to general readers interested in #ghost stories with a bite. It stands as a welcome contribution to the field of world #literature in #translation."

📚 Fresh review alert!
Translating the Ottoman Grotesque: Hande Eagle brings Hüseyin Rahmi Gürpınar’s Ghoulyabânî (2024) to life in English 👉 sites.bu.edu/artichoke/re... Heartfelt thanks to Roberta Micallef for reviewing the novel 🌻 #Ghoulyabânî

Don’t forget to add some literary works in translation from around the world to your summer #TBR list! We’ve got a few stellar picks for you: translationattached.com/available-now/ #turkishliterature #worldlit #translatedlit

Looking for your next summer read? Our April release is a heartfelt celebration of female friendship. Perfect for long days and warm nights, this book reminds us that true companionship can carry us through anything🌿 #SummerReads

Don’t forget to add some literary works in translation from around the world to your summer #TBR list! We’ve got a few stellar picks for you: translationattached.com/available-now/ #turkishliterature #worldlit #translatedlit

A month after its release, Scenes of Life is receiving the attention it deserves. Heartfelt thanks to everyone who has ordered a copy! We truly appreciate your support ~ teşekkür ederiz! 🪴

Fancy reading a chapter from the book? Head to our website: translationattached.com/2024/12/13/a...

Translators’ Note for Fatma Aliye’s Scenes of Life By Nefise Kahraman Fatma Aliye’s Scenes of Life, which has been translated into English by the Translation Attached Translators Collective through weekly workshops over the course of a year, is ful…

Do you like reading translators' notes? I have shared the note I wrote for Fatma Aliye's Scenes of Life (1898) on our website. Hope you enjoy it 👉🏽 translationattached.com/2025/04/29/t... #translatorsnote #fatmaaliye #turkishliteratureintranslation

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Thrilled to hear that our very first publication, Stories of Exile by Refik Halid Karay, is now part of a university syllabus in the U.S. for a course of the same name! Students are in for a treat. Grab your copy and enjoy these quirky, twist-filled tales! amzn.to/4lB4afP (paperback & e-book)

We’re delighted to announce the publication of our third book, Scenes of Life by Fatma Aliye. Set in late 19th-century Istanbul, this epistolary novel unfolds through eleven letters exchanged between five women, exploring female friendship and marriage. Now available! amzn.to/3G960UZ

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Fiction can serve as a portal to a bygone era. The region we call the Middle East looked vastly different in the early 20th century, yet literature from that time often offers glimpses of what was to come. A compelling example is Stories of Exile by R.H. Karay, which I recommend 📚 amzn.to/4gVvBxf