A Millennium of Turkish Literature [antikvár]

Pamuk. That could serve as a définition of the life-story of Turkish Literature from the eighth century A.D. to the present day. A géographie span from Outer Mongo-lia and the environs of China through Inner Asia, the Caucasus, the Middle East and North Africa, the Balkans and Europe ail the way to North America. An amalgam of cultural and literary orientations that embraced such traditions and influences as Chinese, Indian, Turkic, Mongolian, Uyghur, Russian, Arabo-Persian, Islamic, Sufi, Judaeo-Christian, Greek, Mesopotamian, Roman, Byzantine, European and Mediterranean, Scandinavian, Germanie and British, French and Spanish, North American, and Latin American. Always receptive to the nurturing values, aesthetic tastes, and literary penchants from diverse civilizations, Turkish culture succeeded in evolving a sut generis personality. It clung onto its own established traits; yet, it was flexible enough to welcome innovations—or even revolutionary change. Among living literatures that preceded Turkish literature, one can only cite Hebrew, Chinese, Greek, Arabie, Per-sian, German, Indian, Irish, Spanish, and perhaps two or three others. Literature, the premier genre of Turkish culture, had its dawn in Mongolia's Orhon Valley where the Kôkturks erected stelae featuring their historical narratives in the