The First Translations of the Qurʾan in Modern Turkey (1924–38)

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ID8968261
AutoresM Brett Wilson (0000-0003-4124-8742), MC Wilson (autor correspondente)
Ano2009
Volume41
Fascículo3
Páginas435b-435b
Data de publicação2009-08-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoInternational Journal Middle East Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0020-7438 • E-ISSN: 1471-6380
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0020743809091533
OpenAlexW4247968689
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas11
Referências citadas9

In 1925, the Turkish parliament commissioned a translation of the Qurʾan from Arabic to Turkish as well as a Turkish-language Qurʾanic commentary. This project is commonly misunderstood as an initiative engineered by Mustafa Kemal (Atatürk) and linked to the radical institutional reforms of 1924: abolition of the Islamic caliphate, prohibition of the Sufi orders, and closure of the medrese s. In fact, parliament's support of a Qurʾan translation was not a radical nationalist reform but an initiative supported and executed by devout intellectuals who opposed other facets of Islamic reform in the early years of the Turkish republic

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