OA Book: Tıflî Hikâyeleri

 Tıflî Hikâyeleri by David Selim Sayers 

"IV. Murad İstanbul’unda geçen ve cinsellik, para, aşk ve şiddet gibi konuları işleyen Tıflî hikâyeleri, 19. yüzyıl Osmanlı düzyazı edebiyatının önemli bir türünü oluşturur. Bu edebî türle ilgili ilk ve tek kapsamlı çalışma olan Tıfli Hikâyeleri, 19. yüzyıl Osmanlı kültürünün de çarpıcı bir panoramasını sunuyor. Kitap, hikâyelere ilişkin inceleme dışında eski yazıdan çeviri yazısı yapılan hikâye metinlerini de içeriyor. 

The Tifli Stories are a genre of Ottoman prose literature set in Istanbul during the reign of Murad IV (r. 1623-1640) and revolving around themes such as sex, money, passion, and violence. The first and only comprehensive study of this literary genre, Tifli Hikayeleri (The Tifli Stories) analyzes the stories to offer a vivid panorama of 19th-century Ottoman culture. The book further includes a comprehensive corpus of stories transliterated from Ottoman into modern Turkish."

URL, Paris Institute: https://parisinstitute.org/tifli-hikayeleri/ 

New OA repository: Turkish literature in English translation

 

"This is an online repository of Turkish literature in English translation compiled by Nefise Kahraman. The list is organized alphabetically by the authors’ first names. The authors’ books are also listed alphabetically. Please note that this is not an exhaustive list, but more of a work-in-progress. Feel free to email us if you want to offer an addition or correction to the list. Some of the links below are affiliate links, which means we may receive a small commission if you use them to buy anything. Thank you for supporting Translation Attached."

Turkish Literature in English Translation: https://translationattached.com/database/

Open Access Textbook: A Critical Introduction to Islamic Legal Theory

Title: A Critical Introduction to Islamic Legal Theory
Author: Vishanoff, David R.

"This open access textbook by David Vishanoff offers to students and scholars interested in the Islamic discipline of legal theory (uṣūl al-fiqh) a critical Arabic edition and an English translation of Imām al-Ḥaramayn al-Juwaynī’s Leaflet on the Sources of Law (Kitāb al-Waraqāt fī uṣūl al-fiqh), along with a new explanatory commentary on the text and a method for readers to add their own comments to any page, paragraph, or phrase. Unlike the many traditional commentaries that have been written on al‑Juwaynī’s popular medieval handbook https://waraqat.vishanoff.com, David Vishanoff’s extensive commentary explains for uninitiated modern English-speaking readers the function and significance of each legal theory principle, and critically examines the conceptions of ethics, knowledge, and scriptural interpretation that are articulated or assumed in this classic summary of Islamic legal theory."

BOOK CONTENTS

• Introduction
  • Title
  • About this project
  • Studying Legal Theory with al-Juwaynī
  • Al-Juwaynī’s life and thought
  • The Impact of al-Juwaynī’s Leaflet
• Commentary
• English translation
• Arabic edition
• Appendices