On literature, culture, and questions of translation in theory and practice
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Mehmet Hakkı Suçin: “A Translator Truly Fulfils Himself in Literary Translation”
Nevgül Şentürk
A conversation in an Ankara café with Mehmet Hakkı Suçin on literary translation, how young translators should start, how he came to Arabic, the state of Arabic and…
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Mehmet Hakkı Suçin: “Without the Other, There Would Be No Need for Translation”
Merve Koçak Kurt
An interview with Mehmet Hakkı Suçin, winner of the Writers’ Union of Türkiye Translation Award for Nizar Qabbani’s The Book of Love, on “existing in the other language”,…
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Suçin: A Culture of Creativity Must Take Root in Eastern Societies… a Culture of Expressing the Unfamiliar
Minnatullah al-Abyad
Minnatullah al-Abyad – Al-Ahram Dr. Mehmet Hakkı Suçin is one of the most prominent Turkish critics to have immersed himself in Arab cultural life and engaged with its…
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An Interview with Mehmet Hakkı Suçin
Sıddık Ertaş
“For me, translation is ‘existing in the other language’. To exist in the other language is to be born into a new life… In this sense translation is…
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Some People Associate Arabic Exclusively with Religion
Muhammad Zaydan
On the obstacles facing Arabic–Turkish literary translation, how Turkey receives Arabic literature through the West, elite attitudes, and translating Mahmoud Darwish.
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In Conversation with Özlem Şeran – Part 2
Özlem Şeran
Mehmet Hakkı Suçin was the guest of “Çılgın Renkler”, presented by Özlem Şeran on TV6. The second part of the conversation.
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In Conversation with Özlem Şeran – Part 1
Özlem Şeran
Mehmet Hakkı Suçin was the guest of “Çılgın Renkler”, presented by Özlem Şeran on TV6. The first part of the conversation.
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Suçin: “The Arab-Islamic World Is Türkiye’s Strategic Depth”
Saja al-Abdali
“I have a cultural dream I want to achieve: to build a team of skilled translators who will bring the finest works of Arabic poetry, short fiction, the…