LiteraTurca Podcast

A podcast about modern and contemporary Turkish literature and culture. Hosted by @ipek_sahinler / Follow & join our reading group:

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🚩New Episode: "Resurrecting Kafka, Resisting Borders - a talk with Burhan Sönmez" https://t.co/hud6CCUTzK

[Ipek Sahinler @ipek_sahinler]

New @LiteraTurca1 episode: "Resurrecting Kafka, Resisting Borders: a talk with Burhan Sönmez" I spoke to the president of PEN international about his new novel, the state of Kurdish literature in Turkey and beyond, and today's global publication industry.
https://t.co/razTWj4926

[LiteraTurca Podcast @LiteraTurca1]

📚New episode: "Resurrecting Kafka, Resisting Borders: a talk with Burhan Sönmez"

I spoke to Sönmez, the president of PEN international, about his new novel, the state of Kurdish literature in Turkey and beyond, and today's global publication industry.

https://t.co/tIuqA0URwg

[LiteraTurca Podcast @LiteraTurca1]

TLIT's 32nd event happening this Friday! virtual, free, open to all. registration: https://t.co/W5RM4HxVTT

[Ipek Sahinler @ipek_sahinler]

📕✍️🌎Join us at TLIT this Friday! We’ll discuss Greg Key’s (Univ of Binghamton) recent translation of Fatma Aliye’s The Women of Islam (2025), originally Nisvan-ı İslam (1893), where Aliye challenges the “European gaze.” Register:https://t.co/qg6zOfOUg6
https://t.co/SmCkZngipT.

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TLIT's event next Friday! Come join us as we get nerdy n queerky

[Ipek Sahinler @ipek_sahinler]

🧛‍♀️ On Feb 13, I'll chat with two legendary translators, Güneli hoca and Cliff, about Edouard Roditi's Istanbulite vampires, ghosts and shamans. In the 70s, these tales by a Sephardic writer were deemed too "ayıp" and never made it into Turkish. Register: https://t.co/SmCkZngipT

[Ipek Sahinler @ipek_sahinler]

🦚Turkish Literature in Translation Reading Group celebrates its 6th year and 29th event with a new theme: “Why Translate Late-Ottoman Lit?”🦚 In Jan, we’ll be joined by Dr. Burcu Karahan (Stanford) to discuss her recent translation 1001 Kisses. Register: https://t.co/SmCkZngQfr

[LiteraTurca Podcast @LiteraTurca1]

this Friday. virtual, free and open to all 💫

[Ipek Sahinler @ipek_sahinler]

On Dec 12 (12 pm, cst), I'll have a virtual conversation with Maureen Freely on her latest Tezer Özlü translations. This event marks Turkish Literature in Translation Reading Group's 5th year and 28th gathering. Register here: https://t.co/SmCkZngQfr or https://t.co/387ei2tYVs

[Ipek Sahinler @ipek_sahinler]

"Turkish Literature in Translation Reading Group"s 26th event 🦉On Octob 23, we'll chat about What Remains, an experimental collection of "proems" from poet and author Leylâ Erbil, the first Turkish woman to ever be nominated for the Nobel. Register here: https://t.co/GWMQUVKXby

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upcoming event on April 18

[Ipek Sahinler @ipek_sahinler]

Join me on April 18, 2025 for a virtual, open-to-all conversation with Burhan Sönmez, President of PEN International, as we discuss his new book "Lovers of Franz K" and its Kurdish-to-English translation. Register: https://t.co/ohruq2vuUU Official website: https://t.co/q7chy4Skmt

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come join us!

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Turkish Literature in Translation Reading Group's and @LiteraTurca1 's upcoming event. We'll say more about Baldwin and/in Turkey... Virtual, free and open-to-(y')all! Register here: https://t.co/SmCkZngQfr

[LiteraTurca Podcast @LiteraTurca1]

tüm okur, yazar ve çevirmenlerin dünya çeviri günü kutlu olsun 🌞

[Ipek Sahinler @ipek_sahinler]

Stoked to announce that I'll converse with @zeyneporaltwit about her memories with Mr. Baldwin in Istanbul! Virtual, free, registration needed: https://t.co/XaYxZqnzCL. Event held by @LiteraTurca1 & the Turkish Literature in Translation Reading Group [https://t.co/oxwCKunwLN]

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Happy 100th birthday James Baldwin 🌈

[DW Türkçe @dw_turkce]

ABD'li yazar James Baldwin hayatta olsaydı bugün 100'üncü yaşını kutlayacaktı

"Buradayım çünkü kendi ülkemde nefes alamıyorum"

Sivil haklar hareketinin önemli bir ismi olan yazarın hayatında İstanbul geniş bir yer tutuyor

Detaylar: https://t.co/bKsCoFcefx

[Gonca Özmen @goncaozmen]

Amazing discussion - thank you so much @LiteraTurca1

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Upcoming event!

[Ipek Sahinler @ipek_sahinler]

On May 10, we'll host Aron Aji and Selin Gökçesu to talk about their mind-blowing translation of Ebru Ojen's Lojman, which recently received the Republic of Consciousness Prize. Free, virtual, open-to-all. Register here: https://t.co/SmCkZngipT

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NEW EPISODE ✍️🍁: "Refik Halit Karay and the Axis of Exile in Ottoman-Turkish - a conversation with Nefise Kahraman and Karolina Dejnicka" https://t.co/Usk0R9KGYV

Thank you @tra_attached

[Ipek Sahinler @ipek_sahinler]

Happening this Thursday: "Orhan Pamuk's The Red-Haired Woman - a conversation with Ekin Oklap". Fully virtual, free, open-to-all. **Register here or via the QR code: https://t.co/jcBztpCjLX **Support the Turkish Literature in Translation Reading Group: https://t.co/ELhxMnGli5

[Ipek Sahinler @ipek_sahinler]

🚩Fresh News🚩Turkish Literature in Translation Reading Group Spring 2024 Program: "Reading Turkey's Centenary via Orhan Pamuk - Part II" We'll discuss 2 works by Pamuk with guest translators. As ever, free and open-to-all. Register here or via QR code: https://t.co/jcBztpCjLX

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*🎆We need your support to keep the "Turkish Literature in Translation Reading Group" and "LiteraTurca" alive in 2024🎆* We are a non-profit initiative that strives to create an open-to-all, free and accessible international literary community since 2020. https://t.co/fauNeiqWS8

[Ipek Sahinler @ipek_sahinler]

Happening on 16 November 2023, 1 pm (cst): "Orhan Pamuk's My Name is Red - a conversation with Dr. Erdağ Göknar" * On Zoom, open to all. Register here: https://t.co/mDclBB0oH9
Follow our podcast @LiteraTurca1 and reading group https://t.co/jcBztpCjLX

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Happening on Thursday 26 October 2023, 1 pm (cst):
"Orhan Pamuk's Black Book - a conversation with the translator Güneli Gün"
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On Zoom, open to all. Register here: https://t.co/pNNSgW7rV7...
Follow us: https://t.co/jcBztpCjLX