Turkish literature
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Within Vinony's link graph, Turkish literature is referenced by 945 other articles, and connects out to Giritli Ali Aziz Efendi, Sufism and Fuzuli.
It is catalogued under topics including Culture of Turkey, Region topic template using suffix and Turkish literature.
Its subject is documented across 40 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- literary genre
- Subclass of
- literature
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- Commons category
- Literature of Turkey
- topic's main category
- Category:Turkish literature
- facet of
- culture of Turkey
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- language of work or name
- Turkish
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Encyclopedic overview
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Turkish literature (Turkish: Türk edebiyatı, Türk yazını) comprises oral compositions and written texts in the Turkish language. The Ottoman form of Turkish, which forms the basis of much of the written corpus, was highly influenced by Persian and Arabic literature, and used the Ottoman Turkish alphabet.
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