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The question of the Turkish literature appearing in foreign languages is one that has occupied the minds and mouths for decades. In spite of the increasing efforts in recent years, our written and verbal literature has not had the opportunity to enjoy the attention it deserves abroad through its past works and new creations. This is, perhaps due to inferior, incompetent and tasteless quality of some translations. Unfortunately, even the well translated works do not generally draw attention of the foreign reviewers and readers. Particularly those translated into English lag behind in sales compared to those in France, Germany, Russia and the Scandinavian countries.
This problem has some deep rooted causes in the Anglo-American world: One reason is the misconception that Turks have not developed a civilization and hence have not created a unique culture and literature. Second, is a dilemma which our modern literature has not been able to cope with: Some of our creative work is so parochial and national that when they are translated they appear exotic as to sound peculiar and inferior. Majority of those Western oriented ones suitable for translation are doomed to be called imitation and disdained as poor copies.
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Talât Sait Halman
Turkish writer and historian (1931–2014)
Talât Sait Halman | |
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| In office 13 July 1971 – 13 December 1971 | |
| Succeeded by | Nermin Çiftçi |
| Born | (1931-07-07)7 July 1931 Istanbul, Turkey |
| Died | 5 December 2014(2014-12-05) (aged 83) Ankara, Turkey |
Talât Sait Halman, GBE (7 July 1931 – 5 December 2014) was a Turkishpoet, translator and cultural historian. He was the first Minister of Culture of Turkey. From 1998 onward, he taught at Bilkent University as the dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Letters.
Biography
[edit]Halman received his B.A. from Robert College in Istanbul. In the mid-1950s he received his master's degree from Columbia University in political science, international relations and international law.
During his long academic career, Halman taught at Columbia University, Princeton University (1965–1971) and (1972–1980), the University of Pennsylvania and New York University, where he also served as Chairman of the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Literatures. He taught at Bilkent University in Ankara from 1998, rising to become the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Letters. While there, he helped to found a program in Turkish languages and literature with a goal of introducing new criti