The First Translations of the Qurʾan in Modern Turkey (1924–38)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8968261 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M Brett Wilson (0000-0003-4124-8742), MC Wilson (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 435b-435b |
| Publication date | 2009-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal Middle East Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7438 • E-ISSN: 1471-6380 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0020743809091533 |
| OpenAlex | W4247968689 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 9 |
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
Ancient history · Arabic · Art · Caliphate · Context (archaeology · Islam · Linguistics · Literature · Nationalism · Parliament · Political science · Politics · State (computer science · The Republic · Theology · Turkish · Turkish republic · African history and culture analysis · Classics · Families in Therapy and Culture · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Philosophy · Turkey's Politics and Society
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A Turkish Muslim Between Islamism and Turkish Nationalism
A different story of secularism
Hyper-exegesis in Persian translations of the Qu'ran
The Turkish Understanding of Religion
Sovereign Islam in Türkiye
Translating the untranslatable
| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,79 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2026 (15) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |