Turkish Literature Abroad (Turla/Yatedam)

As Turkish Literature Abroad Center (TURLA), we have started our activities in 2017. Our aims are to promote Turkish literature, create a network between local and international publishers, give consulting services for our publishers to support their development internationally. As a one year Project, we have made a remarkable progress. * We have formed 3 catalogs; collective fiction, nonfiction, and children’s books catalogs to represent 61 publishers from Turkey. *We have participated in 6 international book fairs in 2017: London, Bologna, Abu Dhabi, Seoul, Frankfurt and Sharjah. In 2018, our fair program is: London, Bologna, Kuala Lumpur, Sao Paolo, Indonesia, Frankfurt and Guadalajara. We are meeting with international publishers as well as publishing representatives to create a network and to talk about the opportunities to cooperate. * In 2017, we have made meetings with over 800 international publishers from 68 countries. And through us, our publishers have signed 378 precontracts with foreign publishers. * We have arranged workshops for our publishers on topics such as International Markets, How to Attend International Book Fairs, International Copyright Agreements. * We have prepared an “International Publishing Markets Report” for our publishers. * In 2018, we work on projects for national illustration representation on international platforms. * As Turkish Literature Abroad Center, we are very happy to continue to our activities as a Center in 2018. This is our 2018 catalogs to promote Turkish Literature at international book fairs. * We will be at the fairs to: promote Turkish Literature with our brand new catalogs, give consultation services about the Turkish market, publisher, and trends, discuss cooperation/collaboration for events and projects to bring different markets together. You can contact us if you are interested in Turkish Literature and book market. Looking forward to meeting you and evaluate the opportunities.