Transcribed from nearly ten hours of coffeehouse narration in 1977, Janzai Sahip Kiran follows a single protagonist through two plots, as he becomes the male lead in a star-crossed courtship, and the uncle of Muhammad and a hero in the founding of Islam. Woven throughout are themes and subplots from
Transcribed from nearly ten hours of coffeehouse narration in 1977, Janzai Sahip Kiran follows a single protagonist through two plots, as he becomes t...
One of the oldest surviving pieces of Turkish literature, The Book of Dede Korkut can be traced to tenth-century origins. Now considered the national epic of Turkey, it is the heritage of the ancient Oghuz Turks and was composed as they migrated westward from their homeland in Central Asia to the Middle East, eventually to settle in Anatolia. Who its primary creator was no one knows, the titular bard, Dede Korkut, being more a symbol of Turkish minstrelsy than a verifiable author. The songs and tales of countless minstrels lay behind The Book of Dede Korkut, and...
One of the oldest surviving pieces of Turkish literature, The Book of Dede Korkut can be traced to tenth-century origins. Now consider...
