Translation Attached
@tra-attached.bsky.social
A Canadian independent publishing house dedicated to bringing literature from Turkey to an English-reading audience
https://translationattached.com/available-now/
https://translationattached.com/available-now/
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...
January 13, 2026 at 8:31 PM
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...
Dive into translator Burcu Karahan’s mental journey as she grapples with the words "kedi" and "merkez," and read a story from One Thousand and One Kisses👉
Now available Stanford’s Arcade 🐈 shc.stanford.edu/arcade/interve… #historicalromancec#eroticfictiono#ottomanturkishs#istanbulul
Now available Stanford’s Arcade 🐈 shc.stanford.edu/arcade/interve… #historicalromancec#eroticfictiono#ottomanturkishs#istanbulul
January 5, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Dive into translator Burcu Karahan’s mental journey as she grapples with the words "kedi" and "merkez," and read a story from One Thousand and One Kisses👉
Now available Stanford’s Arcade 🐈 shc.stanford.edu/arcade/interve… #historicalromancec#eroticfictiono#ottomanturkishs#istanbulul
Now available Stanford’s Arcade 🐈 shc.stanford.edu/arcade/interve… #historicalromancec#eroticfictiono#ottomanturkishs#istanbulul
We began the year with two titles and are ending it with five! If you love literature in translation and stories from around the world, or if it’s giving season and you’d like to support a small press, take a look at our list: translationattached.com/available-now/
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December 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
We began the year with two titles and are ending it with five! If you love literature in translation and stories from around the world, or if it’s giving season and you’d like to support a small press, take a look at our list: translationattached.com/available-now/
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We’re happy to announce our latest release: The Women of Islam (1893) by Fatma Aliye, one of the first Ottoman women writers and intellectuals. Through imagined conversations with European women visiting Istanbul, Aliye challenges orientalist assumptions head-on. To order a copy 👉 amzn.to/3YuAIOa
December 17, 2025 at 3:34 PM
We’re happy to announce our latest release: The Women of Islam (1893) by Fatma Aliye, one of the first Ottoman women writers and intellectuals. Through imagined conversations with European women visiting Istanbul, Aliye challenges orientalist assumptions head-on. To order a copy 👉 amzn.to/3YuAIOa
An erotic ghost story? What a concept 👻 Find it in One Thousand and One Kisses (tr. @burcukarahan.bsky.social)! A hauntingly sultry story, where desire lingers beyond the grave, or so it seems 🎃 To read the story 👉 translationattached.com/2024/10/30/t...
October 30, 2025 at 2:46 PM
An erotic ghost story? What a concept 👻 Find it in One Thousand and One Kisses (tr. @burcukarahan.bsky.social)! A hauntingly sultry story, where desire lingers beyond the grave, or so it seems 🎃 To read the story 👉 translationattached.com/2024/10/30/t...
Your Halloween spirit craving a haunted house tale? 🎃
Here’s one from Nezihe Muhiddin (1898–1958), written in the 1930s, where nothing is as it seems🏚️ translationattached.com/from-the-works…#thehauntedhouses#Halloweene#nezihemuhiddini#turkishliteratureintranslationon
Here’s one from Nezihe Muhiddin (1898–1958), written in the 1930s, where nothing is as it seems🏚️ translationattached.com/from-the-works…#thehauntedhouses#Halloweene#nezihemuhiddini#turkishliteratureintranslationon
October 30, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Your Halloween spirit craving a haunted house tale? 🎃
Here’s one from Nezihe Muhiddin (1898–1958), written in the 1930s, where nothing is as it seems🏚️ translationattached.com/from-the-works…#thehauntedhouses#Halloweene#nezihemuhiddini#turkishliteratureintranslationon
Here’s one from Nezihe Muhiddin (1898–1958), written in the 1930s, where nothing is as it seems🏚️ translationattached.com/from-the-works…#thehauntedhouses#Halloweene#nezihemuhiddini#turkishliteratureintranslationon
Türkçe adıyla Binbir Buse, @burcukarahan.bsky.social çevirisiyle yayınevimizdn çıktı🎉Kitapta original baskıda yer alan karikatürlere&tatlı mı tatlı çizimlere de yer verdik.Ayrıca kitabın tarihsel arkaplanına ışık tutan,çevirmenin yazdığı bir giriş yazısı da var.Kapak resmi @aliyaycioglu.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Türkçe adıyla Binbir Buse, @burcukarahan.bsky.social çevirisiyle yayınevimizdn çıktı🎉Kitapta original baskıda yer alan karikatürlere&tatlı mı tatlı çizimlere de yer verdik.Ayrıca kitabın tarihsel arkaplanına ışık tutan,çevirmenin yazdığı bir giriş yazısı da var.Kapak resmi @aliyaycioglu.bsky.social
Stories of Exile is a vivid slice of Middle Eastern life in the early 20th century told through the eyes of an educated Ottoman-Turkish writer, Refik Halid Karay. At a time of upheaval, then as now, Lebanon to Palestine comes alive in these striking stories.
📖 Grab your copy 👉 amzn.to/3V5dc8V
📖 Grab your copy 👉 amzn.to/3V5dc8V
September 9, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Stories of Exile is a vivid slice of Middle Eastern life in the early 20th century told through the eyes of an educated Ottoman-Turkish writer, Refik Halid Karay. At a time of upheaval, then as now, Lebanon to Palestine comes alive in these striking stories.
📖 Grab your copy 👉 amzn.to/3V5dc8V
📖 Grab your copy 👉 amzn.to/3V5dc8V
📚 Fresh review alert!
Translating the Ottoman Grotesque: Hande Eagle brings Hüseyin Rahmi Gürpınar’s Ghoulyabânî (2024) to life in English 👉 sites.bu.edu/artichoke/re... Heartfelt thanks to Roberta Micallef for reviewing the novel 🌻 #Ghoulyabânî
Translating the Ottoman Grotesque: Hande Eagle brings Hüseyin Rahmi Gürpınar’s Ghoulyabânî (2024) to life in English 👉 sites.bu.edu/artichoke/re... Heartfelt thanks to Roberta Micallef for reviewing the novel 🌻 #Ghoulyabânî
August 8, 2025 at 3:11 PM
📚 Fresh review alert!
Translating the Ottoman Grotesque: Hande Eagle brings Hüseyin Rahmi Gürpınar’s Ghoulyabânî (2024) to life in English 👉 sites.bu.edu/artichoke/re... Heartfelt thanks to Roberta Micallef for reviewing the novel 🌻 #Ghoulyabânî
Translating the Ottoman Grotesque: Hande Eagle brings Hüseyin Rahmi Gürpınar’s Ghoulyabânî (2024) to life in English 👉 sites.bu.edu/artichoke/re... Heartfelt thanks to Roberta Micallef for reviewing the novel 🌻 #Ghoulyabânî
Looking for your next summer read? Our April release is a heartfelt celebration of female friendship. Perfect for long days and warm nights, this book reminds us that true companionship can carry us through anything🌿 #SummerReads
June 20, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Looking for your next summer read? Our April release is a heartfelt celebration of female friendship. Perfect for long days and warm nights, this book reminds us that true companionship can carry us through anything🌿 #SummerReads
Don’t forget to add some literary works in translation from around the world to your summer #TBR list! We’ve got a few stellar picks for you: translationattached.com/available-now/ #turkishliterature #worldlit #translatedlit
May 27, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Don’t forget to add some literary works in translation from around the world to your summer #TBR list! We’ve got a few stellar picks for you: translationattached.com/available-now/ #turkishliterature #worldlit #translatedlit
A month after its release, Scenes of Life is receiving the attention it deserves. Heartfelt thanks to everyone who has ordered a copy! We truly appreciate your support ~ teşekkür ederiz! 🪴
Fancy reading a chapter from the book? Head to our website: translationattached.com/2024/12/13/a...
Fancy reading a chapter from the book? Head to our website: translationattached.com/2024/12/13/a...
May 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
A month after its release, Scenes of Life is receiving the attention it deserves. Heartfelt thanks to everyone who has ordered a copy! We truly appreciate your support ~ teşekkür ederiz! 🪴
Fancy reading a chapter from the book? Head to our website: translationattached.com/2024/12/13/a...
Fancy reading a chapter from the book? Head to our website: translationattached.com/2024/12/13/a...
Purchase your copy today 👻 amzn.to/43ZOU5V
April 18, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Purchase your copy today 👻 amzn.to/43ZOU5V
Thrilled to hear that our very first publication, Stories of Exile by Refik Halid Karay, is now part of a university syllabus in the U.S. for a course of the same name! Students are in for a treat. Grab your copy and enjoy these quirky, twist-filled tales! amzn.to/4lB4afP (paperback & e-book)
April 18, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Thrilled to hear that our very first publication, Stories of Exile by Refik Halid Karay, is now part of a university syllabus in the U.S. for a course of the same name! Students are in for a treat. Grab your copy and enjoy these quirky, twist-filled tales! amzn.to/4lB4afP (paperback & e-book)
We’re delighted to announce the publication of our third book, Scenes of Life by Fatma Aliye. Set in late 19th-century Istanbul, this epistolary novel unfolds through eleven letters exchanged between five women, exploring female friendship and marriage. Now available! amzn.to/3G960UZ
April 15, 2025 at 4:50 PM
We’re delighted to announce the publication of our third book, Scenes of Life by Fatma Aliye. Set in late 19th-century Istanbul, this epistolary novel unfolds through eleven letters exchanged between five women, exploring female friendship and marriage. Now available! amzn.to/3G960UZ
Translation Attached üçüncü kitabını yayınladı! Maşallah bu yayınevine 🧿🧿🧿
March 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Translation Attached üçüncü kitabını yayınladı! Maşallah bu yayınevine 🧿🧿🧿
We’re on Instagram too! If you prefer to keep up with Translation Attached there, give us a follow. And if you do it today, you’ll catch some exciting news in our story! 🎉 @translationattached
February 28, 2025 at 4:16 PM
We’re on Instagram too! If you prefer to keep up with Translation Attached there, give us a follow. And if you do it today, you’ll catch some exciting news in our story! 🎉 @translationattached
Nora Lafi's review of Suraiya Faroqhi's "Women in the Ottoman Empire: A Social and Political History" features a picture of Nezihe Muhiddin, an early 20th-century feminist activist. You can read her short story, "The Haunted House," on our website. translationattached.com/from-the-wor...
January 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Nora Lafi's review of Suraiya Faroqhi's "Women in the Ottoman Empire: A Social and Political History" features a picture of Nezihe Muhiddin, an early 20th-century feminist activist. You can read her short story, "The Haunted House," on our website. translationattached.com/from-the-wor...
I leafed through Karay's Stories of Exile yesterday as I revisited "The Antique Dealer," a story I had recommended to an art historian colleague. This collection is filled with eccentric characters and unforgettable tales. Order a copy! You won’t be disappointed: a.co/d/hxywAd9
December 19, 2024 at 5:34 PM
I leafed through Karay's Stories of Exile yesterday as I revisited "The Antique Dealer," a story I had recommended to an art historian colleague. This collection is filled with eccentric characters and unforgettable tales. Order a copy! You won’t be disappointed: a.co/d/hxywAd9
Halide Edib Adıvar: The Forgotten (Self-)Translator Behind the Writer 👉 nesirdergisi.com/index.php/ne...
December 11, 2024 at 6:55 PM
Halide Edib Adıvar: The Forgotten (Self-)Translator Behind the Writer 👉 nesirdergisi.com/index.php/ne...
✨ 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 5:39 PM
✨ 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.