Turkish Literature in Translation Reading Group celebrates its 6th year and 29th event with a new theme:”Why Translate Late-Ottoman Lit?”In Jan, İpek Şahinler will host @burcukarahan.bsky.social (Stanford) to discuss her recent translation 1001 Kisses.Register: literaturcapodcast.com/turkish-lite...

Burcu Karahan: “Bin Bir Buse serisindeki öyküler kadınlara sıradan toplumsal kısıtlamaların ötesinde, önceki dönem edebiyatlarında ve hatta sonrasında olmayan, bir var olma alanı sunuyor” @burcukarahan.bsky.social

📯📯 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. Order here 👉 translationattached.com/available-now/

#Employment The Sharmin and Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies at Princeton University invites applications for the position(s) of postdoctoral research associate (PDRA) or associate research scholar (ARS). mesana.org/resources-an...

With Empire of Manners, James Grehan offers a panoramic view of manners and sociability across the eighteenth-century Ottoman Empire, from the Balkans to the Middle East to North Africa. #ReadUP www.sup.org/books/mi...

🎙️ 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...

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

📣📣📣 Dear Ottomanists: I am co-organizing a seminar for ACLA 2026, "Tales from the Periphery: Narrating the Enslaved, the Outcast, and the Marginalized in the Ottoman Empire." Please see the abstract, consider submitting a proposal, and share the call. www.acla.org/seminar/58d1...

Kî ne em? Kurdish Literature and Its Studies: An Interdisciplinary Conference @ Stanford. For more info: events.stanford.edu/event/ki-ne-...

A growing list of words and materials are being scrubbed from government websites and documents in an attempt by the Trump administration to remove all references not only to DEI, but also to climate change, vaccines, and a host of other topics. More: pen.org/banned-words...

Eğitim-Sen üyesi akademisyenlerden, akademik boykot kararı alan öğrencilere destek için iş bırakma kararı t24.com.tr/haber/egitim...

İmamoğlu to be arrested after a 4-day detention amid mass protests and economic meltdown. Power-hungry Erdogan pushes Turkey into a dark new era where any pretence of democracy and rule of law has dissolved into thin air. What a tragedy for a country that could've had a very different trajectory.

Elon Musk's social media platform X has suspended several accounts belonging to opposition figures in Turkey amid widespread civil unrest in the country.

Turkey’s media watchdog RTÜK is pressuring TV channels to stop live broadcasts. x.com/gonultol/sta...

In a blatant yet predictable move, Ekrem Imamoglu—Istanbul’s mayor and Erdogan’s main rival—has had his diploma voided. Turkish law requires the president to be a university graduate, making this a clear example of how skewed the electoral playing field is under Erdogan’s rule.

Taha Toros Arşivi hala Marmara Üniversitesi'nde mi ve erişime açık mı?

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

🥁🥁🥁 The Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies and The Middle Eastern Studies Forum at Stanford Global Studies Division invite qualified candidates to apply for the inaugural Palestinian Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship. 👇👇👇

PEN International has launched an archive to commemorate the lives & work of the many writers so far killed in Gaza. It is a detailed honouring of each person. “I am Nour El Din Adnan Hajjaj, a Palestinian writer, I am 27 years old & I have many dreams...” www.pen-international.org/war-on-write...

Fatma Aliye finally in English!

Fatma Aliye finally in English!

hal-i tercüman: where your every tab is a dictionary #redhouse #lexiqamus #kubbealtı @merriam-webster.com #oxfordenglish

“Seviyye Talip”, the complicated and twisted tale of Ottoman modernization, is now available in English, translated by Iclal Vanwesenbeeck! Seviyye could arguably be one of the most fascinating and rebellious women in late Ottoman literature. Can’t wait to teach this one!