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Selected Literatures and Authors Page - Turkish Literature

• .An Introduction to the Turkish Literatures. From the Turkology Update Leiden Project(TULP). Page is Divided into Two Parts: Of the Ottoman Empire, the Republic of Turkey and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and of Asia.
• Turkish Language and Literature.
• Definition of Turkish Literature.
• Cultural Life - [Turkish] Literature. From Iste Türkiye.
  
• Türkçe Síír / Turkish Poetry.
• Turkish Poetry Home Page.

• An Introduction to the Turkish Literatures. From the Turkology Update Leiden Project(TULP). Page is Divided into Two Parts: Of the Ottoman Empire, the Republic of Turkey and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and of Asia.
• Medieval Sourcebook: The Legends & Poetry of The Turks, Selections.
• Singing His Words: Ottoman Women Poets and the Power of Patriarchy. By Kemal Silay.
• The Lifting of the Mystical Veils: Reflections of Homosexuality in the Divan-i Nedim. By Kemal Silay.

• An Introduction to the Turkish Literatures. From the Turkology Update Leiden Project(TULP). Page is Divided into Two Parts: Of the Ottoman Empire, the Republic of Turkey and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and of Asia.
• Turkish Literature in the Twentieth Century.
• Literature - The Republic Period.
• Turkish Publishers' Union issues alarming report.
• A Delicate Dance:Freedom to Publish in Turkey.
• Caselist - Europe. Go to Turkey section.

• Influence of Western Literature on Turkish Literature. From Turkish Literature.
• Influence of Iranian Literature on Turkish Literature.

• Molana Jalal-e-Din Mohammad Molavi Rumi [Also known as Rumi; Jalaal al-Dain Raumai ]. (In Turkish: Mevlana Jalal-e-Din Mevlavi Rumi; Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi) (1207-1273). [Also listed in Persian or Iranian Literature and Authors section; Also listed in Azerbaijani Literature and Authors section].
  • A Tribute to Molana Jalal-e-Din Mohammad Molavi Rumi.
  • Jalaluddin RUMI: Wondrus Birds Grow from the Palm of My Hand.
  • Life of Rumi.
  • Presentation at the Museum of Literature named after Nizami Gyanjevi. ["Find" rumi]. From Azerbaijan National Academy of Scineces.
  • Masnavi e Ma'navi The Spititual Couplets of Maulana Jalaludin Mohammad Rumi.
  • Ruminating Rumi.
  • Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi (1207-1273). From Turkish Odyssey - Part 1 Konya-Sultanhan. ["Find" rumi].
  • Album: The Mystery of Sama. Artist: Ramin Zoufonoun.
  • Mevlana - The Ritual Ceremony of the Mevlevi.

• Yunus Emre (1238-1320).
  • TURKISH WRITERS & POETS -1. "Find" emre].

• Ahmad Tajuddin Ibrahim Bin Hizr [c 1334-1431]. [Tajuddin Ibrahim Ahmedi]
  • The Usage and Function of Digressions in Ahmedi's "History of the Ottoman Dynasty" [Tevarih-i Muluk-i al-i 'Osman ]. By Kemal Silay.
  • Ahmad Tajuddin Ibrahim Bin Hizr. From Sala@m Biographical Dictionary. From Sala@m.

• Süleyman the Magnificent (1494-1566).
  • Süleyman the Magnificent (1494-1566).

• Karacaoglan (1606 - 1679).
  • TURKISH WRITERS & POETS -2. {Find" karacaoglan].

• Evliya Çelebi (1611- ).
  • Evliya Çelebi.

• Sinasi (1826-1871).
  • TURKISH WRITERS & POETS -1. "Find" sinasi].

• Mehmed Namik Kemal Bey (1840-1888). [Namik Kemal].
  • TURKISH WRITERS & POETS -2. {Find" namik kemal].

• Ahmed Midhat Efendi (1844–1912). [Ahmet Mithat].
  • Ismail Bey Gasprinski, 1851-1914. ["Find" Ahmed Midhat Efendi].
  • Beykoz. ["Find" efendi].
  • Ahmet Mithat.
  • Ahmet Mithat Efendi - (1844-1912).
  • Definition of Ahmet Mithat Efendi.

• Semseddin Sami Fraseri (1850-1904). [Sami Frashëri; Semseddin Sami Bey Fraseri]. [Ethnnic Albanian living in Constantinople]. [Also Listed in Albanian Literature and Authors].
  • Sami Frashëri. From ANG - Albanian Network Group.
  • Fraseri, Semseddin Sami.
  • Modernist Islam, 1840-1940: A Sourcebook. ["Find" sami].
  • PANLOG: All about all. ["Click" on FRASERI Semseddin Sami 1850-1904].

• Ismail Bey Gasprinski 1851-1914.
  • Ismail Bey Gasprinski, 1851-1914.

• Halit Ziya Usakligil (1867-1945).
  • Halit Ziya Usakligil.
  • Halit Ziya Usakligil (1867-1945).
  • TURKISH WRITERS & POETS -2. {Find" usakligil].

• Tevfik Fikret (1867-1915).
  • Tevfik Fikret (1867-1915).
  • TURKISH WRITERS & POETS -1. "Find" fikret].
  • Definition of Tevfik Fikret.

• Süleyman Nazif (1870-1927).
  • Süleyman Nazif: Nasiruddin Shah ve Babiler.

• Mehmed Akif Ersoy (1873-1936).
  • TURKISH WRITERS & POETS -2. {Find" ersoy].

• Ahmet Hasim (1884-1933). [Ahmet Hashim].

• Yahya Kemal Beyatli (1884-1958).

• Halide Edip Adivar (1884-1964).
  • TURKISH WRITERS & POETS -2. {Find" adivar].

• Tamhid Masiha (1894-1976).

• Asik Veysel (1894 - 1973).
  • TURKISH WRITERS & POETS -1. "Find" veysel].

• Faruk Nafiz Çamlibel (1898-1973).

• Resat Nuri Guntekin (1889-1956). [Resat Nuri Güntekin].

• Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoglu (1889-1974).

• Nâzim Hikmat (1902-1963). [Nâzim Hikmet; Nâzim Hikmet Ran].
  • Nâzim Hikmat.
  • Nazim Hikmet. From poets.org. - The Academy of American Poets.
  • The Life and Work of Nazim Hikmet.
  • Nâzim Hikmet (1902-1963) - in full Nâzim Hikmet Ran. From Books and Writers.
  • To the memory of Nazim Hikmet....
  • The Turkish poet and the Armenian - Nazim Hikmet and Missak Medzarents.
  • Bye bye love.
  • Nazim Hikmet (RAN).
  • The Poems of Nazim Hikmet. From Revolutionary Democracy - Vol. II, No. 2, September 1996.
  • Famous Turkish Poet Rehabilitated.
  • www.nazimhikmetran.com.

• Necip Fazil Kisakürek (1905-1983).

• Orhan Veli Kanik (1914-1950).
  • Orhan Veli KANIK.
  • Introduction [to Orhan Veli Kanik]. By Talat Sait Halman.

• Orhan Kemal 1914-1970.
  • Definition of Orhan Kemal.
  • Orhan Kemal.
  • Orhan Kemal.
  • Internette Orhan Kemal.

• Oktay Rifat (1914-1988). [Oktay Rifat Horozcu].

• Melih Cevdet Anday (1915-2002).
  • Melih Cevdet Anday - Turkey's Towering Poet Honoured at 85.
  • Definition of Melih Cevdet Anday.
  • Melih Cevdet Anday (b. 1915/ d.2002).

• Yasar Kemal (1922- ). Ethnic Kurd Who Writes in Turkish [Yasar Kemal Gökçeli; Yachar Kemal]. [Also Listed in Kurdish Literature and Authors].
  • Yasar Kemal Homepage.
  • Yasar Kemal. [In English. Derived from page listed above].
  • Yashar Kemal (Yasar Kemal Gökçeli) b. 1922. From Books and Writers.
  • In Praise of Yasar Kemal - Günter Grass.
  • Turkey's War Of Words By Yasar Kemal. [Kemal writes on Turkish Kurds]. From Diaspora [A Greek web site].
  • Yasar Kemal (1923-).
  • Tulumba.com - Yasar Kemal (Yasar Kemal). [Lists Kemal's books available from Tulumba.com].
  • Yasar KEMAL : L'écrivain turc étudié dans les écoles françaises.
  • Yasar Kemal - The most famous contemporary Turkish author whose works have been published in 40 languages.
  • TURKEY: Yachar Kemal: A Man's Life is more valuable... than the survival of a country.

• Muzaffer Ilhan Erdost (1932- ).
  • Muzaffer Ilhan Erdost.
  • Muzaffer Ilhan Erdost.
  • Antiemperyalizm.
  • Ismail Besikçi: Turkish sociologist, critic of Kemalism, and kurdologist. By Martin van Bruinessen. ["Find" erdost].
  • Sentence Against Publisher Upheld. From Info-Türk.
  • Press Scan - Turkey to Pay Compensation to Erdost. ["Find" erdost]. From TurkishPress.com.

• Sait Faik Abasiyanik ( - ).

• Sezai Karakoç (1933- ).
  • Sezai Karakoç.

• Fikret Baskaya (1940- ).
  • Freedom of Expression in Turkey. ["find" baskaya].
  • Fikret Baskaya Imprisoned for Article on Kurdish Repression.
  • Acquittal for Omer Asan and Fikret Baskaya.
  • Dr Fikret BaÕkaya: Prisoner of conscience for the second time. From Amnesty International.
  • Fikret Baskaya'nin yargilanmasina tepki.
    

• Kemal Yalcin (1952- ).
  • A Turk unlike any other Turk. From La Lettre de l'ADL Online.
  • Kemal Yalcin: “ Not only Armenian but also Assyrians were victims for the Genocide 1915".
  • Turkish Publishers' Union issues alarming report. ["Find" yalcin].

• Orhan Pamuk (1952- ).
  • Portrait of a Writer - Orhan Pamuk.
  • Orhan Pamuk. By Nazan Haydari and Mujdat Pakkan.
  • A Conversation with Orhan Pamuk.
  • Orhan Pamuk. My Name Is Red. [Book notice and review].
  • Snow - by Orhan Pamuk. [Book notice and review].
  • Snow - by Orhan Pamuk [Book Review - The Atlantic Monthly - December 14, 2004].
  • Cold Turkey - Snow by Orhan Pamuk - Birds Without Wings by Louis de Bernieres.
  • The Anger of the Damned. By Orhan Pamuk The New York Review of Books.
  • Orhan Pamuk - Novelist, 47. [1999 Time Magazine article].
  • Definition of Orhan Pamuk.

• Omer Asan (1964?- ).
  • Omer ASAN.
  • Acquittal for Omer Asan and Fikret Baskaya.
  • Asia Minor: Articles. Original from Kosmos Diaspora at www.okosmos.com. Interview with Omer Asan about Hellenic-speakers in Turkey today who speak the Pontian dialect.
  • Omer Asan: Greek-speaking writer from Turkey and a guide to the Pontian culture.
  • Greek speaking writer from Turkey.

• Elif Shafak (1971- ).
  • Elif Shafak Bio.
  • Elif Shafak Profile.
  • Elif Shafak.
  • Elif Shafak.
  • Elif Shafak. From Turkish Studies - Near Eastern Studies - University of Arizona.
  • More on Elif Shafak. From Armenian Genocide Forum.
  • Bumping up against national pride, an author faces trial, but so does Turkey. By Suzan Fraser.

• Selma Koçiva ( - ). Laz Writer.
  • Writer and publisher of book on the Laz people to appear in court on 3 April. From IFEX - International Freedom of Expression eXchange.
  • Selma Koçiva.
  • Laz Gelini (Kus,luk Vakti). By Selma Koçiva.
  • Garip (Yine Aks,am Oldu). By Selma Koçiva.
  • Üst Kimlik k?skac?ndaki Lazlar. By Selma Koçiva.
  • LAZLAR • Dil - Tarih - Kültür - Gelenekleriyle LAZLAR. ["Find" selma].

• Erendiz Atasu ( - ).
  • The Other Side of Erendiz Atasu.