Gönül Bakay

Gönül Bakay studied at London and Istanbul Universities. She teaches in the Women's Studies Department of Istanbul University and at Beykent University. Her published works include two books in Turkish: Virginia Woolf and Communication and Changing Image of Women: from Chaucer to Browning.

Turkey and Shakespeare

Translating between cultures presents many challenges. It can give rise to misreading and misrepresentation. Or it can bring creative rejuvenation and fresh confluences of intellect and energy. Orientalism is now

By Gönül Bakay

/ 16 Dec 2004

The Turk in English Renaissance literature

to destroy the written word you need only a torch and a Turk. (The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Victor Hugo) 16th century miniature map of the Ottoman Empire, or Turcicum

By Gönül Bakay

/ 14 Feb 2003