title: Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky in Turkey: History of Translations
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metadata.value: Avrutina, Appolinaria S.
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metadata.name: dc.contributor.author
metadata.value: Gürses, Sabri
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metadata.value: 2022-11-14T16:14:26Z
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metadata.value: 2022-11-14T16:14:26Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2022-09
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metadata.value: Avrutina A. S., Gürses S. Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky in Turkey: History of Translations. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Asian and African Studies, 2022, vol. 14, issue 3, pp. 415– 432. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu13.2022.303 (In Russian)
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu13.2022.303
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/38554
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metadata.value: The article is devoted to the review of the history of translations of Fyodor Dostoevsky into
  Turkish. Currently, Dostoevsky is one of the most popular foreign writers in Turkey, and according
  to the Turkish book market, one of the most purchased authors. By decision of the
  Ministry of Public Education, since 2004, the works of the Russian classic have been included
  in the recommendatory part of the school curriculum, so it is difficult to find a person in Turkey who would not read Dostoevsky. The history of Dostoevsky’s translations into Turkish
  evolved in a special way: back in the late 19th — early 20th century there were none, since the
  Department of Russian Language and Literature in Turkey first opened in 1935, but the first
  translations appeared only in the 1920s and performed from French. However, subsequently
  the popularity of the writer grew so much that absolutely all of his works were translated into
  Turkish, and some even several times. Classical Russian literature had a special influence on
  Turkish literature of the 20th century, and Dostoevsky’s works are the most important literary
  basis for their own work for many Turkish writers. For example, the recently translated into
  Russian novel “The Idiot” by the American writer of Turkish origin Elif Batuman, who was
  born and raised in the United States, as well as the novel by the young prose writer Burhan
  Sonmez “Istanbul. Istanbul”. Despite the late appearance of Dostoevsky’s works on the Turkish
  book market and late acquaintance with the Turkish reader, Dostoevsky became one of the
  most popular and beloved Russian writers among Turks of almost all ages (which is confirmed
  by the publication of Dostoevsky’s works in an adapted form for children). The authors of the
  article analyzed the history of translations of Dostoevsky’s novels into Turkish and came to
  the conclusion that the appearance of a large number of translations is explained not only by
  the great popularity of the Russian language and culture in modern Turkey, and not only by
  the cinematic popularity of Dostoevsky all over the world, but also by a high reader demand
  for his texts, since Dostoevsky’s works meet the cultural and moral needs of modern Turkish
  society.
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metadata.value: ru
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Asian and African Studies;Volume 14; Issue 3
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Russian literature
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Turkish literature
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: literary translation
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Russian writers
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Turkish writers
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Turkish Russianists
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky in Turkey: History of Translations
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metadata.value: Article
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