A Mind at Peace, translated into English 60 years after its original publication.
On his recent visit to Turkey, President Barack Obama was presented with an English translation of A Mind At Peace, during a meeting with Deniz Baykal, the leader of Turkey’s opposition Republican People’s Party, in Ankara, Turkey, on Monday.
Erdağ Göknar’s translation of Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar’s 1949 novel, published by Archipelago books in January 2009, was sponsored by the Duke University Center for International Studies.
According to The New York Times,
Baykal, told the president: “So you just don’t just understand Turkey through your ties with the governing and opposition parties in parliament, I’m presenting you with these two works of literature. In these books you will find the nuances of our culture and identity.”
