A podcast about modern and contemporary Turkish literature and culture. Hosted by @ipek_sahinler / Follow & join our reading group:literaturcapodcast.com
Joined May 2021
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🚩New Episode: "Resurrecting Kafka, Resisting Borders - a talk with Burhan Sönmez" open.spotify.com/episode/2uV…
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.
open.spotify.com/episode/2uV…
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📚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.
open.spotify.com/episode/2uV…
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TLIT's 32nd event happening this Friday! virtual, free, open to all. registration: literaturcapodcast.com/turki…
Apr 20
📕✍️🌎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:utexas.zoom.us/meeting/regis…
literaturcapodcast.com/turki….
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TLIT's event next Friday! Come join us as we get nerdy n queerky
🧛♀️ 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: literaturcapodcast.com/turki…
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Jan 13
🦚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: literaturcapodcast.com/turki…
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9 Dec 2025
this Friday. virtual, free and open to all 💫
5 Dec 2025
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: literaturcapodcast.com/turki… or utexas.zoom.us/meeting/regis…
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17 Sep 2025
"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: utexas.zoom.us/meeting/regis…
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9 Apr 2025
upcoming event on April 18
9 Apr 2025
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: utexas.zoom.us/meeting/regis… Official website: literaturcapodcast.com/
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13 Jan 2025
come join us!
13 Jan 2025
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: literaturcapodcast.com/turki…
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30 Sep 2024
tüm okur, yazar ve çevirmenlerin dünya çeviri günü kutlu olsun 🌞
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2 Sep 2024
Stoked to announce that I'll converse with @zeyneporaltwit about her memories with Mr. Baldwin in Istanbul! Virtual, free, registration needed: rb.gy/0gm7i7. Event held by @LiteraTurca1 & the Turkish Literature in Translation Reading Group [rb.gy/gkusup]
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Happy 100th birthday James Baldwin 🌈
2 Aug 2024
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: dwturkce1.com/tr/türkiy…
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10 May 2024
Amazing discussion - thank you so much @LiteraTurca1
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Upcoming event!
29 Apr 2024
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: literaturcapodcast.com/turki…
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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" open.spotify.com/episode/5zg…
Thank you @tra_attached
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26 Feb 2024
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: literaturcapodcast.com/turki… **Support the Turkish Literature in Translation Reading Group: rb.gy/mur1qj
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5 Feb 2024
🚩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: literaturcapodcast.com/turki…
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29 Dec 2023
*🎆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. gofund.me/25317bd9
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8 Nov 2023
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: tiny.cc/dhmavz
Follow our podcast @LiteraTurca1 and reading group literaturcapodcast.com/turki…
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25 Oct 2023
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: utexas.zoom.us/.../tJcufumgr…...
Follow us: literaturcapodcast.com/turki…
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