Selections from Varlık 1933-2008 (2008) Osman Deniztekin (ed.); Sabahattin Eyüboğlu (2008) The Blue and the Black, translated by Hughette Eyüboğlu and Lynne Saka; Bengisu Rona (2008) Orhan Kemal in Jail with Nazım Hikmet.

This extended review of three recently published English translations of the works of intellectuals such as Nazım Hikmet, Orhan Kemal and Sabahattin Eyüboğlu shows how they emphasized the importance of freedom of thought, in a context that continually sought to suppress them. In the light of recent...

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Main Author: Laurence Raw
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Language:English
Published: Association pour la Recherche sur le Moyen-Orient 2010-04-01
Series:European Journal of Turkish Studies
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/ejts/4253
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spellingShingle Laurence Raw
Selections from Varlık 1933-2008 (2008) Osman Deniztekin (ed.); Sabahattin Eyüboğlu (2008) The Blue and the Black, translated by Hughette Eyüboğlu and Lynne Saka; Bengisu Rona (2008) Orhan Kemal in Jail with Nazım Hikmet.
European Journal of Turkish Studies
Literature
Politics
Censorship
Intellectuals
Democracy
title Selections from Varlık 1933-2008 (2008) Osman Deniztekin (ed.); Sabahattin Eyüboğlu (2008) The Blue and the Black, translated by Hughette Eyüboğlu and Lynne Saka; Bengisu Rona (2008) Orhan Kemal in Jail with Nazım Hikmet.
title_full Selections from Varlık 1933-2008 (2008) Osman Deniztekin (ed.); Sabahattin Eyüboğlu (2008) The Blue and the Black, translated by Hughette Eyüboğlu and Lynne Saka; Bengisu Rona (2008) Orhan Kemal in Jail with Nazım Hikmet.
title_fullStr Selections from Varlık 1933-2008 (2008) Osman Deniztekin (ed.); Sabahattin Eyüboğlu (2008) The Blue and the Black, translated by Hughette Eyüboğlu and Lynne Saka; Bengisu Rona (2008) Orhan Kemal in Jail with Nazım Hikmet.
title_full_unstemmed Selections from Varlık 1933-2008 (2008) Osman Deniztekin (ed.); Sabahattin Eyüboğlu (2008) The Blue and the Black, translated by Hughette Eyüboğlu and Lynne Saka; Bengisu Rona (2008) Orhan Kemal in Jail with Nazım Hikmet.
title_short Selections from Varlık 1933-2008 (2008) Osman Deniztekin (ed.); Sabahattin Eyüboğlu (2008) The Blue and the Black, translated by Hughette Eyüboğlu and Lynne Saka; Bengisu Rona (2008) Orhan Kemal in Jail with Nazım Hikmet.
title_sort selections from varlik 1933 2008 2008 osman deniztekin ed sabahattin eyuboglu 2008 the blue and the black translated by hughette eyuboglu and lynne saka bengisu rona 2008 orhan kemal in jail with nazim hikmet
topic Literature
Politics
Censorship
Intellectuals
Democracy
url https://journals.openedition.org/ejts/4253
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