Essays covering a broad range of genres and ranging from the late Ottoman era to contemporary literature open the debate on the place of Turkish literature in the globalized literary world. Explorations of the multilingual cosmopolitanism of the Ottoman literary scene are complemented by examples of cross-generational intertextual encounters. The renowned poet Nâzim Hikmet is studied from a variety of angles, while contemporary and popular writers such as Orhan Pamuk and Elif Safak are contextualized. Turkish Literature as World Literature not only fills a significant lacuna in world literary studies but also draws a composite historical, political, and cultural portrait of Turkey in its relations with the broader world.

List of FiguresAcknowledgmentsA Note on the TextIntroduction: "Turkish Literature as World Literature"? What Is in a Preposition?Burcu Alkan (University of Manchester, UK) and Çimen Günay-Erkol (Özyegin University, Turkey)PART I Breathing Turkish in the World Stage1. The Entangled History of Cosmopolitanism and Nationalism in Modern Turkish LiteratureFatih Altug (Sehir University, Turkey)2. Translation, Transcription, and the Making of World Literature: On Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish ScriptworldsEtienne E. Charrière (Bilkent University, Turkey)3. Translating Yunus Emre, Translating the Self, Translating Islam: Zafer Senocak's Turkish-German Path to Modernity Joseph Twist (University College Dublin, Ireland)PART II Turkish Literature in Transnational Waters4. World Literature as Performance: Turkish and British Women's Writing in Transcultural Dialogueat the Turn of the Twentieth CenturyPeter Cherry (Bilkent University, Turkey)5. "The Living Link between India and Turkey": Halide Edib on the SubcontinentAnirudha Dhanawade (Independent Scholar) and Sima Imsir (Sehir University, Turkey)6. Nâzim Hikmet's Reception as World PoetMediha Göbenli (Yeditepe University, Turkey)7. The Internationalist Left and World Literature: The Case of Nâzim Hikmet in GreeceKenan Behzat Sharpe (University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, USA)8. The Influence of Nâzim Hikmet on Arab PoetryMehmet Hakki Suçin (Gazi University, Turkey)PART III Contemporary Forms and Cosmopolitanism9. World Literary Refractions: Orhan Pamuk and Juan GoytisoloBasak Çandar (Appalachian State University, USA)10. Teaching The Museum of Innocence in Arts and Design Context Irmak Ertuna Howison (Columbus College of Arts and Design, USA) 11. Elif Safak and Her Fiction: Cultural Commodities of the Global CapitalSimla Dogangün (Dogus University, Turkey)12. For/Against the World: Literary Prizes and Political Culture in the "New Turkey" Kaitlin Staudt (University of Oxford, UK)Notes on ContributorsIndex