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Nur Baba: A Sufi Novel of Late Ottoman Istanbul

June 26, 2024
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By Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu, M. Brett Wilson (Editor and Translator)

This first-ever English translation of Nur Baba – a classic of modern Turkish literature written by Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu – offers a unique window into Sufi lodges, social dilemmas, and intellectual life in early twentieth-century Istanbul.