At Substack's Ottoman Encounters, historian Doga Ozturk reports: A new English translation of an important late 19th century Ottoman novel is coming out soon from Edinburgh University Press: Samipaşazade Sezai's Sergüzeşt: The Adventures of a Slave Girl, originally published in 1888, now translated by Burcu Karahan and Iclal Vanwesenbeeck. The novel follows Dilber, a Circassian girl sold into … Continue reading New English Translation, “Sergüzeşt: The Adventures of a Slave Girl” →