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  • إطلالة على آيا صوفيا والجامع الأزرق، وهما معلمين بارزين يقعان جنباً إلى جنب في إسطنبول، تركيا.
    Science fiction from Turkey

    A spark of reality in literary dystopia

    Above the clouds lies not just boundless freedom, but also dystopian visions of the future. With his collection "Über den Wolken und andere Geschichten" (Above the Clouds and Other Stories), editor Ünver Alibey shows that science fiction is no longer a solely Western genre.

  • Young beautiful woman - Çiğdem Akyol
    Çiğdem Akyols's novel on Germany’s guest workers

    Clear-eyed and unsentimental

    In her debut novel, Çiğdem Akyol tells the story of a family caught between Germany and Turkey. The journalist offers an unvarnished portrait of the guest-worker generation and their children and sheds light on their ruthless exploitation in Germany.

  • A mosque in the evening light on the Bosphorus
    The animals of Istanbul – a literary homage

    A dog barks, a seagull mews

    Istanbul's kings and queens are its seagulls, the cats and dogs in its alleyways, the pigeons on Taksim Square. The city's animals are also an essential component of its literature. A new anthology of short stories by Turkish-language authors offers up a narrative tribute to the city's non-human inhabitants

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    Kuzey Topuz and "Der Freund"

    The human as board game

    In her debut novel, "Der Freund" (The Friend), Kuzey Topuz has created a complex weave of fragments and perspectives. The book is all about power and influence in interpersonal relations and at a societal level. It's a masterstroke

  • Exterior view of a prison in Turkey. A guard is on patrol.
    Reports from Turkish women's prisons

    A square of sky

    In the 1970s and 80s, the author Asiye Müjgan Güvenli recorded the stories of women in Turkish prisons. Now the texts have been published in German and provide an insight into disturbing patriarchal conditions in Turkey at the time.

  • Dancing dervishes from the Mevlana Order
    750th anniversary of Rumi's death – Part 6

    Academic research and spiritual exploration

    No Islamic mystic in the past two centuries has touched literary figures and academics in both East and West as much as Rumi. A look at the history of research into this hugely influential spiritual teacher

  • View of Istanbul from the water
    Turkish literature in translation

    Hakan Bicakci's disintegrating self

    At the heart of Hakan Bicakci's novel "Schlaftrunken" – literally 'half-asleep' – lies an Istanbul torn apart by the gentrifying diggers and a protagonist plagued by sleeplessness and nightmares, watching his life slip through his fingers

  • Armenian genocide denial is a great and enduring lie by the Turkish state, characterised by ongoing violence and racism. Yavuz Ekinci takes up the subject in an unsparing and powerful novel: "Das ferne Dorf meiner Kindheit" – 'the distant village of my childhood'. Gerrit Wustmann read the book
    The deserted villages of the soul

    Yavuz Ekinci's new novel

    Armenian genocide denial is a great and enduring lie by the Turkish state, characterised by ongoing violence and racism. Yavuz Ekinci takes up the subject in an unsparing and powerful novel: "Das ferne Dorf meiner Kindheit" – 'the distant village of my childhood'. Gerrit Wustmann read the book

  • Selahattin Demirtas' "Cold Front"

    Political prose from prison

    Selahattin Demirtas, former co-chair of the Turkish opposition party HDP, has been in prison since 2016. He has published five books during this time. The short story collection "Cold Front" is the second to be published in German. Gerrit Wustmann reviews the book for Qantara.de

  • Kurdish journalist Nedim Turfent has been in prison in Turkey since 2016 – because he reported on police violence.
    Nedim Turfent’s freedom of speech

    Beyond the walls of Van

    Kurdish journalist Nedim Turfent has been in prison in Turkey since 2016 – because he reported on police violence. A collection of his writings penned while behind bars is now available in German. Gerrit Wustmann read the book

  • Hakan Gunday is one of the most exciting authors on today’s Turkish literature scene. His novel "Ziyan", now published in German as "Verlust" – literally 'loss' – takes a radical and contemplative look at a country mired in permanent military conflict.
    Turkish author Hakan Gunday's "Verlust"

    The ghosts of the army

    Hakan Gunday is one of the most exciting authors on today’s Turkish literature scene. His novel "Ziyan", now published in German as "Verlust" – literally 'loss' – takes a radical and contemplative look at a country mired in permanent military conflict. Gerrit Wustmann read the book

  • Orhan Pamuk's Museum of Innocence: thousands of significant, insignificant objects

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