Ahmet Altan

Feb 2, 2024 | qantara.de | Gerrit Wustmann |Rainer Hermann |Ceyda Nurtsch |Ahmet Altan

Turkish literature in translation · 02.02.2024 At the heart of Hakan Bicakci's novel "Schlaftrunken" – literally 'half-asleep' – lies an Istanbul torn apart by the gentrifying diggers and a protagonist plagued by sleeplessness and nightmares, watching his life slip through his fingers https://qantara.de/en/node/43413 Print Since the Berlin-based publishing house, binooki Verlag, closed its doors, the word of emerging Turkish literature in German translation has gone noticeably quiet, at least...

Jan 22, 2024 | cbc.ca | Ahmet Altan |Rob Goodman

Check out the books discussed on national CBC Radio programs from Jan. 15-21, 2024!When five-year-old Monolith arrives from the Philippines to join his mother in Canada he lashes out, attacking her and destroying his new home in the linked short story collection Reuniting with Strangers. The characters in Reuniting with Strangers are all dealing with feelings of displacement and estrangement caused as a result of migrating to Canada seeking opportunity.

Oct 28, 2023 | gerceknews.com | Ahmet Altan

By Ahmet AltanSelcuk from Süddeutsche Zeitung called me and said, "We would like to ask you for an article." There was a brief silence. I waited. Selcuk continued, "I wonder if you could write about what you felt and thought when you woke up on October 29th."I laughed, "Have you ever asked an American novelist to write about how he felt when he woke up on July 44th, Independence Day?"I heard Selcuk laugh, too. He answered, "No."The Turkish Republic was founded exactly 100 years ago on October 29th.