A selection of interviews, talks and programmes with Mehmet Hakkı Suçin on literature, poetry, translation, the journey of Arabic literature in Türkiye, Turkish–Arab literary relations, and the teaching of Arabic.
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Mehmet Hakkı Suçin: “The Road Offers Us a Life Experience Full of Uncertainties”
Eray Sarıçam
A conversation with Eray Sarıçam on being on the road, travel and translation as journeys to the other, the road in al-Mutanabbi and Mahmoud Darwish, the limits of…
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2024 Turjuman Translation Award Goes to Mehmet Hakkı Suçin
Özge Ercan
A conversation with Mehmet Hakkı Suçin on the Turjuman Award, The Ring of the Dove, Arabic literature, and literary translation.
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Mehmet Hakkı Suçin: “Good texts do not age”
Ali al-Amiri
“Good texts are anti-ageing and resist oblivion.” In Al-Nashir al-Usbu‘i’s cover interview on the Turjuman Award, Mehmet Hakkı Suçin talks about The Ring of the Dove, translating al-Mutanabbi,…
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On Poetry and Translation with Mehmet Hakkı Suçin
Sabri Gürses
In this World Poetry Day interview with the translator Sabri Gürses, Mehmet Hakkı Suçin discusses the bond between poetry and translation, translating al-Mutanabbi into Turkish for the first…
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al-Mutanabbi in Turkish
Saaed Najm
A conversation with Mehmet Hakkı Suçin on translating al-Mutanabbi into Turkish and recreating classical Arabic poetry within another literary tradition.
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Mehmet Hakkı Suçin: “I Wanted to Present al-Mutanabbi as a Great World Poet”
Sawsan al-Abtah
Turks are reading al-Mutanabbi in their own language for the first time: an interview on The Song of Man, al-Mutanabbi’s echo in Ottoman poetry, translating Palestinian literature, Adonis,…
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Writer and Translator Mehmet Hakkı Suçin Builds Bridges Between Arab and Turkish Cultures
Gaby Latif
A conversation with Mehmet Hakkı Suçin on Turkish–Arab cultural relations and translation as a bridge between the two cultures.
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What Place Does Arabic Literature Hold for Turkish Readers?
Muhammad al-Shasri
A conversation with Mehmet Hakkı Suçin on Arabic literature in Türkiye, translation, and Turkish–Arabic literary relations.