Turkish Studies

Orhan Pamuk, Secularism and Blasphemy

The Politics of the Turkish Novel

By Erdag Göknar

Orhan Pamuk, Secularism and Blasphemy is the first critical study of all of Pamuk’s novels, including the early untranslated work. In 2005 Orhan Pamuk was charged with "insulting Turkishness" under Article 301 of the Turkish penal code. Eighteen months later he was awarded the Nobel Prize. After...

Published January 30th 2013 by Routledge

The Ghaznavid and Seljuk Turks

Poetry as a Source for Iranian History

By G.E. Tetley

Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Iran and Turkey

This new view on aspects of the Ghaznavid and Seljuk dynasties concentrates on the relationship of the panegyric poets Farrukhi Sistani (c.995-1032) and Mu'izzi (c.1045-1127) to the Ghaznavid and Seljuk rulers and dignitaries for whom they wrote. Dr Tetley investigates the reliability of the...

Published October 16th 2008 by Routledge

Early Mystics in Turkish Literature

By Mehmed Fuad Koprulu

Series: Routledge Sufi Series

This book is a translation of one of the most important Turkish scholarly works of the twentieth century. It was the masterpiece of M.F. Koprulu, one of Turkey’s leading, and most prolific, intellectuals and scholars. Using a wide variety of Arabic, and especially Turkish and Persian sources,...

Published March 29th 2006 by Routledge