Writing in Red: Literature and Revolution Across Turkey and the Soviet Union

by Nergis Ertürk

The republic of Turkey and the Soviet Union both emerged from the wreckage of empires surrounding World War I, and pathways of literary exchange soon opened between the two revolutionary states. Even as the Turkish government pursued a friendly relationship with the USSR, it began to persecute communist writers. Whether going through official channels or fleeing repression, many Turkish writers traveled to the Soviet Union during the 1920s and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231214855
• ISBN13: 9780231214858
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"