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Aysel K. Basci
Interviews:
September 2023: A conversation, in Turkish, with Parşömen online magazine.
Longer publications:
January 2023 (translation): Selected Stories & Poems by Sabahattin Ali.
Links to access the paperback and e-book (Kindle) formats.
Shorter publications:
50. December 2024 (translation): Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar's poem, "Fresh As a Rose" will be published in The Fourth River (Chatham University).
49. December 2024 (translation): Hüseyin Babacan's short story "Life is Us" will be published in The Los Angeles Review.
48. September 2024 (translation): Esra Kahya's speculative story "Cuckoo" was published in Khoreo Magazine.
47. August 2024 (translation): Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar's "Adam and Eve" was published in Global Literary Theory (SOAS University of London).
46. July 2024 (translation): Sabahattin Ali's short story, "The Dog," was published in TriQuarterly (Northwestern University).
45. June 2024 (translation): Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar's "After the War (a novelette extract)" was published in Consequence Volume 16.1 (print only).
44. April 2024 (translation): Three poems by Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar were
published in Washington Square Review (New York University), Issue 51.
43. March 2024 (translation): Sabahattin Ali's story, "Dr. Lifesaver," was published in UK-based Fiction on the Web.
42. February 2024 (translation): Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar's "Master of the House (a novelette extract)" was published in The Common (Amherst College).
41. January 2024 (translation) 🎗️: Sabahattin Ali's "A Stroll Under the Moonlight" was published in The Hayden's Ferry Review (Arizona State University) Issue 73. Longlisted for Deep Vellum Press's Best Literary Translations Anthology 2025. Link to my reading of the piece.
40. January 2024 (translation): Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar's "The Absolute Master (a novelette extract)" was published inThe Journal - Print Issue 47.1 (Ohio State University).
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39. October 2023 (translation): Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar's poem, "Slowly Lightening," was published in The Fourth River (Chatham University).
38. October 2023 (translation) 🎗️: Esra Kahya's speculative story, "It Was Untimely," was published in The Los Angeles Review, and longlisted for Deep Vellum Press's Best Literary Translations Anthology 2025.
37. September 2023 (translation): Sabahattin Ali's story, "The Wolf and the Lamb," was published in UK-based Fiction on the Web.
36. August 2023 (translation): Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar's "Of Tales and Dreams (a novelette extract)," was published in Flash Fiction Online.
35. May 2023 (translation): The Fisherman of Halicarnassus's "Mermaid Island" was published in The Antonym.
34. April 2023 (translation): Murathan Mungan's poem, "The Migration Roads," was published in The Trinity Journal of Literary Translation (JoLT), Volume 11. Issue 2 (see pages 43-44).
33. February 2023 (translation): Four of my translated poems by various poets were published in Quillkeepers Press's love-themed anthology, Smitten.
32. January 2023 (translation): Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar's story, "Dreams," was published inThe Adroit Journal , Issue 44 and reprinted in Global Literary Theory.
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31. December 2022 (translation): The Fisherman of Halicarnassus's "Maneuver" was published in print in Quillkeepers Press's anthology, Inspired, and online in Global Literary Theory.
30. November 2022: My essay, "Ahmet Haşim and His Poems,"was published in The Bosphorus Review of Books and Global Literary Theory.
29. October 2022 (translation): Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinra's poem, "Morning," was published in The Fourth River (The Chatham University).
28. October 2022: My essay, "Fate Knocking at the Door," was published in HerStry's "Twist of Fate" folio.
27. September 2022: My essay, "An Elegy," was published in the Fall 2022 edition of Tint Journal along with a short reading.
26. August 2022 (translation): Three A. H. Tanpınar poems published in The Los Angeles Review.
25. July 2022 (translation): "About Surveying the Intellectuals" by Halide Edib Adıvar, published in The Bosphorus Review of Books.
24. May 2022: "The Legend of the Alageyik" published in The Bosphorus Review of Books.
23. April 2022 (translation)🎗️: Sabahattin Ali's story, "The Canal," was published in The Los Angeles Review and longlisted for Deep Vellum Press's Best Literary Translations Anthology 2024.
22. March 2022 (translation): Sabahattin Ali's story, "The Voice," was published in The Columbia Journal.
21. March 2022 (translation): Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar's Letter to a Girl from Antalya was published in The Bosphorus Review of Books and it was reprinted in Global Literary Theory in August 2024.
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20. December 2021 (translation): Sabahattin Ali's story, "The Wall," was published in print version of Aster(ix) Journal (University of Pittsburg). The online version is here: Aster(ix) Journal's website.
19. November 2021 (translation): Mustafa Aydoğan's essay, "Tanpınar: His Poems and Personality," was published in The Bosphorus Review of Books.
18. September 2021 (translation): Sabahattin Ali's story, "The Mill," was published in The Bosphorus Review of Books.
17. July 2021 (translation): Sabahattin Ali's story, "Freckles," was published in Adelaide Literary Magazine, issue number 50.
16. May 2021: My essay, "I Lived for My Art," was published in Critical Read and Raft Magazine. This is a micro essay about art's role during the Covid-19 pandemic.
15. April 2021: My essay, "The Tanpınar Challenge," was published in The Bosphorus Review of Books, and in 2024, reprinted in Global Literary Theory in the UK.
14. March 2021: My essay, "Bonds That Didn't Bind," was published in HerStry.
13. March 2021 🎗️: My memoir, "Childhood Interrupted," was published in Adelaide Literary Magazine and selected a winner nominee in the Best of 2020 Essays contest. This essay is also available online in Global Literary Theory.
12. March 2021 (translation): Sabahattin Ali's story, "Hasan Drowned," was published in The Bosphorus Review of Books.
11. January 2021: The Fisherman of Halicarnassus
A biographical essay about the life and legacy of the Turkish author Cevat Şakir Kabaağaçlı who wrote under the pen-name The Fisherman of Halicarnassus.
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10. November 2020: My personal essay, "Chaos Behind the Green Line" was published in The Bosphorus Review of Books.
09. September 2020 (translation): Being Hundreds of Birds at Once...
A biographical essay, written by Sefa Kaplan, about the life and legacy of the Turkish author Halide Edib Adıvar.
08. August 2020: My memoir, "A Long Goodbye," was published in HerStry.
07. May 2020: My essay, "A Picture of Happiness," was published in The Bosphorus Review of Books.
06. April 2020: My personal essay, "The Last 'Water Carrier,'" was published in The Michigan Quarterly Review (University of Michigan).
05. March 2020: And the Stars Were Shining
My memorable visit to Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome, Italy.
04. February 2020 (print only) 🎗️: My Memoir, "Soviet Stamps and Regrets," was published in Adelaide Literary Magazine and selected a finalist for Best of 2019 Essays contest. Reprinted Online version.
03. January 2020 (translation): Halide Edip Adıvar's essay, "Shepherd and the Flock," was published in The Bosphorus Review of Books.
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02. July 2019: My memoir, "Apparitions of the Past," was published in Adelaide Literary Magazine.
01. January 2019: My memoir, "Two Books, a Gold Coin and Many Stars...," was published in The Bosphorus Review of Books.
(🎗️) Indicates a past or forthcoming recognition.
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