Artichoke: Ottoman & Turkish Literature in English Translation

This website — a labor of love — is dedicated to Ottoman and Turkish literature in English translation. We are faculty members at different North American institutions of higher education who work on various aspects of Ottoman and Turkish language and literature. Some of us write poetry, some of us express ourselves in prose, and many of us have an academic interest in the relatively-newer and budding field of travel literature.

On this website, you will find translations of Ottoman and Turkish writings, with the original texts as well as small biographical notes about the original writers. We have also added some resources for those who work on this literature. This is a work in progress and we will keep updating the website as we find or compose new resources.