[Bilimsel Haber] Issue No.2 of Bilkent's "Journal of Turkish Literature" Published

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Issue No.2 of Bilkent's "Journal of Turkish Literature" Published

The "Journal of Turkish Literature" was inaugurated a year ago and =
became the first and only scholarly journal in English devoted in its =
entirety to Turkish literature. The second issue of this annual =
publication contains several important studies. The main feature is "The =
Poet and the Patron: A Sociological Treatise Upon the Patrimonial State =
and the Arts" by Prof. Halil Inalcik, celebrated around the world as the =
doyen of Ottoman historians. This 60-page study marks the distinguished =
scholar's major contribution to the history of Turkish literature. The =
issue also contains two stimulating articles on the Seyahatname =
(travelogue and cultural commentary) by the 17th century travel writer =
Evliya Celebi. The first is a new article by the prominent Evliya Celebi =
scholar Robert Dankoff, professor of  Turkish at the University of =
Chicago; the second is a reprint of an early study (1917) by Albert Howe =
Lybyer. Erendiz Atasu's novel "The Other Side of the Mountain" is =
analyzed  in two articles by Prof. Dilek Doltas and Dr. Yasemin
Alptekin. Prof. Sevda Sener's study entitled "Images of the Woman in =
Turkish Drama as Illustrated by the Plays of Adalet Agaoglu" is included =
in the Journal.  The issue also contains several book reviews and two =
obituaries.

The "Journal of Turkish Literature" is published under the general =
editorship of Talat Halman. Assistant editors are Laurent Mignon, Arif =
Nat Riley, David Selim Sayers, and Sureyya Elif Aksoy. The Journal is =
available in Turkey from the Center for Turkis Literature, Bilkent =
University, 06800 Bilkent, Ankara (Yapi Kredi Bankasi Bilkent Subesi, =
hesap no: 940000-3), and worldwide from Syracuse University Press, 1600=20
Jamesville Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13244-5160, USA; www.Syracuse =
UniversityPress.syr.edu and Eurospan, 3 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, =
London WC2E 8LU, UK; www.eurospanonline.com
The price is 25 dollars per copy.

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of Turkish Literature" Published</STRONG><BR><BR>The "Journal of Turkish =

Literature" was inaugurated a year ago and became the first and only =
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journal in English devoted in its entirety to Turkish literature. The =
second=20
issue of this annual publication contains several important studies. The =
main=20
feature is "The Poet and the Patron: A Sociological Treatise Upon the=20
Patrimonial State and the Arts" by Prof. Halil Inalcik, celebrated =
around the=20
world as the doyen of Ottoman historians. This 60-page study marks the=20
distinguished scholar's major contribution to the history of Turkish =
literature.=20
The issue also contains two stimulating articles on the Seyahatname =
(travelogue=20
and cultural commentary) by the 17th century travel writer Evliya =
Celebi. The=20
first is a new article by the prominent Evliya Celebi scholar Robert =
Dankoff,=20
professor of&nbsp; Turkish at the University of Chicago; the second is a =
reprint=20
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"The Other=20
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Doltas=20
and Dr. Yasemin Alptekin. Prof. Sevda Sener's study entitled "Images =
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Woman in Turkish Drama as Illustrated by the Plays of Adalet Agaoglu" is =

included in the Journal.&nbsp; The issue also contains several book =
reviews and=20
two obituaries. The "Journal of Turkish Literature" is published =
under=20
the general editorship of Talat Halman. Assistant editors are Laurent =
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Arif Nat Riley, David Selim Sayers, and Sureyya Elif Aksoy. The Journal =
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940000-3),=20
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