iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Burcu Karahan @burcukarahan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It is here! Samipaşazade Sezai's "The Adventures of a Slave Girl" is officially out 🎉 Use code NEW30 for 30% off, and please recommend it to your university / public library! edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-adv... @edinburghup.bsky.social @aliyaycioglu.bsky.social

120

Burcu Karahan @burcukarahan.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

İclal Vanwesenbeeck's and my English translation of Samipaşazade Sezai's The Adventures of a Slave Girl is out in September with @edinburghup.bsky.social Many thanks to Kent Schull, @aliyaycioglu.bsky.social, Ceyda Karamürsel and Erdağ Göknar. We cannot wait for you to read it. Use code NEW30

000

Reposted by Burcu Karahan

Translation Attached @tra-attached.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Turkish Literature in Translation Reading Group celebrates its 6th year and 29th event with a new theme:”Why Translate Late-Ottoman Lit?”In Jan, İpek Şahinler will host @burcukarahan.bsky.social (Stanford) to discuss her recent translation 1001 Kisses.Register: literaturcapodcast.com/turkish-lite...

112

Burcu Karahan @burcukarahan.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

📯📯 One Thousand and One Kisses 💋 is now out from @tra-attached.bsky.social! 💫 Heartfelt thanks to @aliyaycioglu.bsky.social for 🎨 cover art; and Louis de Bernieres, @ratherserious.bsky.social, and @whitejenny.bsky.social for their generous support. Order here 👉 translationattached.com/available-now/

062

Reposted by Burcu Karahan

Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA) @mesa1966.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

#Employment The Sharmin and Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies at Princeton University invites applications for the position(s) of postdoctoral research associate (PDRA) or associate research scholar (ARS). mesana.org/resources-an...

mesana.org

Middle East Studies Association

The Center invites applications for the position(s) of postdoctoral research associate (PDRA) or associate research scholar (ARS) in the relevant fields of Iran and the Persian Gulf in the 19th - 21st...

012

Reposted by Burcu Karahan

Stanford University Press @stanfordpress.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

With Empire of Manners, James Grehan offers a panoramic view of manners and sociability across the eighteenth-century Ottoman Empire, from the Balkans to the Middle East to North Africa. #ReadUP www.sup.org/books/mi...

Book cover of Empire of Manners: Ottoman Sociability and War-Making in the Long Eighteenth Century by James Grehan

2187

Reposted by Burcu Karahan

Translation Attached @tra-attached.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

🎙️ Burcu Karahan @burcukarahan.bsky.social chats with Suzie Ferguson of Ottoman History Podcast about how erotic fiction transformed from manuscript to print culture in the Ottoman Empire👀 Plus, the story behind One Thousand and One Kisses - out soon! 📖 #1001kisses 💋 open.spotify.com/episode/4GV7...

open.spotify.com

Freedom and Desire in Late Ottoman Erotica

072

Burcu Karahan @burcukarahan.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

While translating "One Thousand and One Kisses," I found myself deep in euphemisms and literary sleuthing—merkez مركز, it turns out, is much more than just “center.” #seviyorummerkez

031

Burcu Karahan @burcukarahan.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

📣📣📣 Dear Ottomanists: I am co-organizing a seminar for ACLA 2026, "Tales from the Periphery: Narrating the Enslaved, the Outcast, and the Marginalized in the Ottoman Empire." Please see the abstract, consider submitting a proposal, and share the call. www.acla.org/seminar/58d1...

acla.org

View Seminar | American Comparative Literature Association

010

Burcu Karahan @burcukarahan.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Kî ne em? Kurdish Literature and Its Studies: An Interdisciplinary Conference @ Stanford. For more info: events.stanford.edu/event/ki-ne-...

020

Reposted by Burcu Karahan

PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

A growing list of words and materials are being scrubbed from government websites and documents in an attempt by the Trump administration to remove all references not only to DEI, but also to climate change, vaccines, and a host of other topics. More: pen.org/banned-words...

15223167

Reposted by Burcu Karahan

T24 @t24.com.tr · 24/03/2025

Eğitim-Sen üyesi akademisyenlerden, akademik boykot kararı alan öğrencilere destek için iş bırakma kararı t24.com.tr/haber/egitim...

0198

Reposted by Burcu Karahan

Karabekir Akkoyunlu @karabekir.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

İmamoğlu to be arrested after a 4-day detention amid mass protests and economic meltdown. Power-hungry Erdogan pushes Turkey into a dark new era where any pretence of democracy and rule of law has dissolved into thin air. What a tragedy for a country that could've had a very different trajectory.

13415

Reposted by Burcu Karahan

POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 22/03/2025

Elon Musk's social media platform X has suspended several accounts belonging to opposition figures in Turkey amid widespread civil unrest in the country.

politico.eu

Musk’s X suspends opposition accounts in Turkey amid civil unrest

Suspensions affect accounts spreading information about the widespread demonstrations.

1531722991

Reposted by Burcu Karahan

Gönül Tol @gonultol.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

In a blatant yet predictable move, Ekrem Imamoglu—Istanbul’s mayor and Erdogan’s main rival—has had his diploma voided. Turkish law requires the president to be a university graduate, making this a clear example of how skewed the electoral playing field is under Erdogan’s rule.

1227

Burcu Karahan @burcukarahan.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Taha Toros Arşivi hala Marmara Üniversitesi'nde mi ve erişime açık mı?

210

Burcu Karahan @burcukarahan.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Şu resmin kaynağını, orijinalininin nerede olduğunu bilen var mı? (Cenap Şahabettin, Abdülhak Hamit, Mithat Cemal Kuntay, Mehmet Akif Ersoy ve oğlu, Samipaşazade Sezai)

141

Burcu Karahan @burcukarahan.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

🥁🥁🥁 The Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies and The Middle Eastern Studies Forum at Stanford Global Studies Division invite qualified candidates to apply for the inaugural Palestinian Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship. 👇👇👇

islamicstudies.stanford.edu

Palestinian Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship | Islamic Studies

020

Reposted by Burcu Karahan

Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

PEN International has launched an archive to commemorate the lives & work of the many writers so far killed in Gaza. It is a detailed honouring of each person. “I am Nour El Din Adnan Hajjaj, a Palestinian writer, I am 27 years old & I have many dreams...” www.pen-international.org/war-on-write...

pen-international.org

War on Writers: A look at writers killed in Gaza — PEN International

416268

Burcu Karahan @burcukarahan.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Ay hiç o konuya girmiyorum bile, kendi 15liğim darlıyor yeterince beni

010

Burcu Karahan @burcukarahan.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

I ordered from the UT press website, they have a sale right now.

010

Burcu Karahan @burcukarahan.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Sakiniyet çok iyiymiş, niyet ettim eyledim sakinliğe gibi, kullanırım ben bunu

110

Burcu Karahan @burcukarahan.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

“Seviyye Talip”, the complicated and twisted tale of Ottoman modernization, is now available in English, translated by Iclal Vanwesenbeeck! Seviyye could arguably be one of the most fascinating and rebellious women in late Ottoman literature. Can’t wait to teach this one!

1224