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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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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…

The database has just been updated! Feel free to check it out!
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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

Şu resmin kaynağını, orijinalininin nerede olduğunu bilen var mı? (Cenap Şahabettin, Abdülhak Hamit, Mithat Cemal Kuntay, Mehmet Akif Ersoy ve oğlu, Samipaşazade Sezai)

Google Books Ngram Viewer is an incredible tool for tracing historical trends in language and culture over centuries. We relied on it extensively while editing our last book to trace the origins and usage of certain words and phrases. Highly recommended.

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We've recently received a note from an academic who praised our translation of Refik Halid Karay's Stories of Exile, calling it "çok iyi" (very good)! It’s so rewarding to receive such uplifting feedback for a project we poured our heart and soul into! www.amazon.ca/Stories-Exil...

Fwiw, I think it's very impoverishing to read literature primarily via a lens of "here are the ways in which they failed to hold our enlightened and correct views about XYZ in the past."

Women of the Ottoman Empire - CEU Review of Books In Women in the Ottoman Empire (Bloomsbury, 2023) Suraiya Faroqhi weaves women’s agency into the social and political history of the Ottoman Empire from the early modern period until its dissolution i...

See Lafi's review 👉 ceureviewofbooks.com/review/women...

Nora Lafi's review of Suraiya Faroqhi's "Women in the Ottoman Empire: A Social and Political History" features a picture of Nezihe Muhiddin, an early 20th-century feminist activist. You can read her short story, "The Haunted House," on our website. translationattached.com/from-the-wor...

Thank you for sharing, Pınar @pinarbihter.bsky.social Much appreciated! 🪴

Longlist Revealed for Small Press Book Prize | Kirkus Reviews This is the first year the North American iteration of the Republic of Consciousness Prize will be awarded.

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And I was trying to make a connection btw those books and the life I saw and the life I lived” James Baldwin

“I went at least three or four times a week and I read everything there. I mean, every single book in that library [New York Public Library]. In some blind and instinctive way, I knew that what was happening in those books was also happening all around me.+++

News: “Stories of Exile” by Refik Halid Karay is now available Our new book is live!

To learn more about the book 👉 translationattached.com/2022/11/01/n...

I leafed through Karay's Stories of Exile yesterday as I revisited "The Antique Dealer," a story I had recommended to an art historian colleague. This collection is filled with eccentric characters and unforgettable tales. Order a copy! You won’t be disappointed: a.co/d/hxywAd9

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