Burcu Karahan
@burcukarahan.bsky.social
Ottoman & modern Turkish literature | literary translation | @stanford Complit
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📯📯 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.
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💫 Heartfelt thanks to @aliyaycioglu.bsky.social for 🎨 cover art; and Louis de Bernieres, @ratherserious.bsky.social, and @whitejenny.bsky.social for their generous support.
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Burcu Karahan: “Bin Bir Buse serisindeki öyküler kadınlara sıradan toplumsal kısıtlamaların ötesinde, önceki dönem edebiyatlarında ve hatta sonrasında olmayan, bir var olma alanı sunuyor”
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Bin Bir Buse serisi İngilizceye çevrildi - Burcu Karahan: "Osmanlı kadınları, bu metinlerde kadına verilen özgürlük gücünü memnuniyetle karşıladı" - Medyascope
1923-24'te İstanbul'da isimsiz olarak yayımlanan "Bin Bir Buse" serisi Burcu Karahan tarafından İngilizceye çevrildi. Karahan kitabı anlattı.
medyascope.tv
October 17, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Burcu Karahan: “Bin Bir Buse serisindeki öyküler kadınlara sıradan toplumsal kısıtlamaların ötesinde, önceki dönem edebiyatlarında ve hatta sonrasında olmayan, bir var olma alanı sunuyor”
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@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/
💫 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/
October 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
📯📯 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/
💫 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/
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#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).
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Middle East Studies Association
The Center invites applications for the position(s) of postdoctoral research associate (PDRA) or associate research scholar (ARS) in the relevant fields of Iran and the Persian Gulf in the 19th - 21st...
mesana.org
October 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
#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...
mesana.org/resources-an...
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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...
www.sup.org/books/mi...
September 9, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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...
www.sup.org/books/mi...
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🎙️ 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...
Freedom and Desire in Late Ottoman Erotica
open.spotify.com
September 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
🎙️ 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
Step inside the translator’s mind 👉 Don't miss @burcukarahan.bsky.social Burcu Karahan’s Translator’s Note for One Thousand and One Kisses. The book is coming soon with a stellar cover! #translatorsnote #turkishliteratureintranslation 💋
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Merkez: l’Origine du mot
Burcu Karahan, translator of One Thousand and One Kisses, reflects on the nuances of translating the words kedi and merkez into English.
translationattached.com
August 28, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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...
Please see the abstract, consider submitting a proposal, and share the call.
www.acla.org/seminar/58d1...
View Seminar | American Comparative Literature Association
www.acla.org
August 13, 2025 at 1:14 AM
📣📣📣 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...
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-...
April 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Kî ne em? Kurdish Literature and Its Studies: An Interdisciplinary Conference @ Stanford. For more info: events.stanford.edu/event/ki-ne-...
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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...
More: pen.org/banned-words...
April 4, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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...
More: pen.org/banned-words...
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Eğitim-Sen üyesi akademisyenlerden, akademik boykot kararı alan öğrencilere destek için iş bırakma kararı
t24.com.tr/haber/egitim...
t24.com.tr/haber/egitim...
March 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Eğitim-Sen üyesi akademisyenlerden, akademik boykot kararı alan öğrencilere destek için iş bırakma kararı
t24.com.tr/haber/egitim...
t24.com.tr/haber/egitim...
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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.
March 23, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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.
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Elon Musk's social media platform X has suspended several accounts belonging to opposition figures in Turkey amid widespread civil unrest in the country.
Musk’s X suspends opposition accounts in Turkey amid civil unrest
Suspensions affect accounts spreading information about the widespread demonstrations.
www.politico.eu
March 22, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Elon Musk's social media platform X has suspended several accounts belonging to opposition figures in Turkey amid widespread civil unrest in the country.
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Turkey’s media watchdog RTÜK is pressuring TV channels to stop live broadcasts. x.com/gonultol/sta...
Gönül Tol on X: "Turkey’s media watchdog RTÜK is pressuring TV channels to stop live broadcasts." / X
Turkey’s media watchdog RTÜK is pressuring TV channels to stop live broadcasts.
x.com
March 22, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Turkey’s media watchdog RTÜK is pressuring TV channels to stop live broadcasts. x.com/gonultol/sta...
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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.
March 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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?
February 23, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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)
February 13, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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. 👇👇👇
Palestinian Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship | Islamic Studies
islamicstudies.stanford.edu
December 17, 2024 at 7:15 AM
🥁🥁🥁 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. 👇👇👇
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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...
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...
War on Writers: A look at writers killed in Gaza — PEN International
www.pen-international.org
December 6, 2024 at 8:33 PM
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...
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!
✨ COVER REVEAL ✨ We're overjoyed to share the cover of our upcoming title, Scenes of Life by Fatma Aliye (1862–1936). Written as a series of letters between five women and published in 1897-1898, this epistolatory novel explores love and marriage in the late Ottoman Empire.
December 8, 2024 at 8:30 PM
Fatma Aliye finally in English!
Fatma Aliye finally in English!
Our publication will include the original Ottoman Turkish text, transliteration into the Latin alphabet, modern Turkish, and our English translation. #turkishliterature #literatureintranslation #fatmaaliye #indiepublishing #womeninliterature #ottomanliterature
December 8, 2024 at 7:24 PM
Fatma Aliye finally in English!
hal-i tercüman: where your every tab is a dictionary
#redhouse #lexiqamus #kubbealtı @merriam-webster.com #oxfordenglish
#redhouse #lexiqamus #kubbealtı @merriam-webster.com #oxfordenglish
December 4, 2024 at 11:24 PM
hal-i tercüman: where your every tab is a dictionary
#redhouse #lexiqamus #kubbealtı @merriam-webster.com #oxfordenglish
#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!
November 24, 2024 at 3:45 AM
“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!