‎Communism‎

‎TIP: TÜRKIYE ISÇI PARTISI.‎

‎[Three declarations of Turkish Labor Party -TIP-]. Geçinebilmek için didinenler.; Emekçiler, aydinlar, toplumun menfaatina çalisanlar.; Isçiler, çiftçiler, zanaatkârlar, yeni emekçiler.‎

‎Very Good Turkish Original printed declarations of TIP (TLP). Various sizes (21x14 cm; 23x17 cm). In Turkish. Three papers: (1 p.; 1 p.; 1 p.). [Three declarations of Turkish Labor Party -TIP-]. Geçinebilmek için didinenler.; Emekçiler, aydinlar, toplumun menfaatina çalisanlar.; Isçiler, çiftçiler, zanaatkârlar, yeni emekçiler. Not in IISG.; Not in OCLC.‎

‎HUSEYIN SAVAS, (General secretary of SDP -Socialist Revolution Party-).‎

‎Autograph letter signed 'Hüseyin Savas' sent to Ayata Begensel.‎

‎Very Good Turkish Original typewritten declaration with autograph signature. 4to. (30 x 21 cm). In Turkish. Folded. 1 p. Autograph letter signed 'Hüseyin Savas' sent to 'Ayata Begensel'.‎

‎YALÇIN CERIT, (General accountant and founding member of Turkish Labor Party).‎

‎Genelge: Türkiye Isçi Partisi Genel Merkezi Sayi: 70/836. Ankara, 14 Aralik 1970.‎

‎Very Good Turkish Original typescript notification. Folio. (33 x 25 cm). In Turkish. Folded. Printed signature of Yalçin Cerit.‎

‎ABDULLAH DOGAN, (TIP's mayor candidate of Sagmalcilar, Istanbul).‎

‎[TIP's MAYOR CANDIDATE's PROPAGANDA].‎

‎Very Good Turkish Original printed declaration of propaganda for local elections. 4to. (33 x 19 cm). In Turkish. Folded. 1 p. [TIP's MAYOR CANDIDATE's PROPAGANDA]. Rare. Not in IISG.; Not in OCLC.‎

‎SÖMÜRÜCÜLÜGE KARSI SAVAS.‎

‎Sömürücülüge karsi savas: Haftalik toplumcu gazete. Year 2 - No.: 51. 16 Kasim 1966. "TIP Büyük Kongresi Malatya'da". Owner: Attilâ Asut.‎

‎Very Good Turkish Original newspaper. Folio. In Turkish. 2 p. Sömürücülüge karsi savas: Haftalik toplumcu gazete. Year 2 - No.: 51. 16 Kasim 1966. "TIP Büyük Kongresi Malatya'da". Owner: Attilâ Asut. One of Turkish leftist periodicals published in Trabzon. Extremely rare.‎

‎MEHMET ALI AYBAR, (Turkish politician, athlete), (1908-1995).‎

‎Aybar'in açik mektubu.‎

‎Very Good Turkish Original printed notification letter (open letter) of Mehmet Ali Aybar. Large roy. 8vo. (25 x 18 cm). In Turkish. Folded. 1 p. Aybar'in açik mektubu. Mehmet Ali Aybar's faction letter. He declared that he left the party (TIP: Turkish Labor Party). Shortly after that he would be one of the founders of SDP: Socialist Devrim Partisi [i.e. Socialist Revolution Party]. Extremely rare. Not in OCLC.; Not in IISG.‎

‎MEHMET ALI AYBAR, (Turkish politician, athlete), (1908-1995).‎

‎Türkiye Isçi Partisi II. Olagan Büyük Kongre açis konusmasi. 9 Kasim 1968 (Ankara Selim Sirri Tarcan Spor Salonu).‎

‎Very Good Turkish Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. 15 p. Many underlined sentences. This is the opening speech text of Mehmet Ali Aybar in November 9, 1968 in Ankara for the 3rd Traditional Great Congress. Aybar was an international lawyer, member of the Turkish parliament, the first president of the Workers Party of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye Isçi Partisi or briefly TIP), the founder and President of the Socialist Revolution Party, and a member of the Russell Tribunal against the war crimes of the United States in Vietnam. Not in OCLC.‎

‎SAIT ÇILTAS, (TIP Secretary general in Kurdish origin).‎

‎[DECLARATION on FACTION ACCUSATION against AYBAR] Türkiye Isçi Partisi Genel Merkezi Sayi: 71/127. Ankara, 12 Subat 1971.‎

‎Very Good Turkish Original typewritten declaration with autograph signed 'Sait Çiltas'. Folded. Folio. (35 x 23 cm). In Turkish. 1 p. Stamped on verso. [DECLARATION on FACTION ACCUSATION against AYBAR] Türkiye Isçi Partisi Genel Merkezi Sayi: 71/127. Ankara, 12 Subat 1971. Declaration of Anti-Aybar group. A rare faction accusation for Mehmet Ali Aybar and his group. Scarce.‎

‎AYATA BEGENSEL, (1927-2017).‎

‎Autograph typescript letter from Ayata Begensel to Alev Ates.‎

‎Very Good Turkish Original typewritten letter from Ayata Begensel to Alev Ates. Oblong demy 8vo. (14,5x21 cm). In Turkish. 1 p. Folded. Includes the authorization and approval of membership of Kirklareli branch written by Ayata Begensel, (1927-2017) as regional manager of Thrace (Kirklareli city). Alev Ates, (1945-2008) was the TIP President.‎

‎TIP: TÜRKIYE ISÇI PARTISI.‎

‎[SENSATIONAL ANTI-BOMBING DECLARATION of TIP: SOCIALISTS WOULD NEVER DO SUCH A THING!] Türkiye Isçi Partisi Genel Merkezi Sayi: 71/173. Ankara, 6 Mart 1971.‎

‎Very Good Turkish Original typewritten declaration. Folio. (33 x 25 cm). In Turkish. Folded. 2 p. Declaration including thoughts anti-violence and anti-bombing activities in Anatolian cities. Spreading thoughts of this declaration were criticized by Deniz Gezmis, Mahir Çayan and Mihri Belli as it has 'praise of anti-violence'. Those declarations were caused a sensation among the socialists and leftist groups in 70s' Turkey. In its original envelope with stamps. Extremely rare.‎

‎SAIT ÇILTAS, (TIP Secretary general in Kurdish origin).‎

‎[COGWHEEL and SPICA: DECLARATION on PARTY EMBLEM] Türkiye Isçi Partisi Genel Merkezi Sayi: 71/143. Ankara, 19 Subat 1971.‎

‎Very Good Turkish Original typewritten declaration with example of emblem of party. Folio. (33 x 25 cm). In Turkish. Folded. 1 p. Including declaration on 'From now on our party's emblem is a cogwheel and a spica!'. In its original envelope.‎

‎HARUN KARADENIZ, (1942-1975), (Political activist, author, leftist).‎

‎[BRECHT'S METHOD for TURKEY] Kapitalsiz kapitalistler.‎

‎Fine Turkish Paperback. Partly uncut pages. Cr. 8vo. (19 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 46 p. Kapitalsiz kapitalistler. Karadeniz was a student leader of the late 1960s generation in Turkey and the chair of the Student Union of Istanbul Technical University. Together with other prominent student leaders such as Deniz Gezmis, he was one of the student leaders who organized the famous 1968 protest against the American Navy's Sixth Fleet arriving at the Port of Istanbul, although he was initially against protesting at the docks themselves. Karadeniz suffered cancer when he was in detention after the 1971 military coup in Turkey. He was not allowed medical treatment during his imprisonment, which eventually led to the spread of the cancer. Despite medical treatment in London, he died at age 33. In this book, he has tried to adapt Brecht's socialist method to the society in Turkey. Title means 'Capitalists without capital'. OCLC has late editions, not this edition. Extremely rare.‎

‎DEVRIMCI YOL / DEV-GENÇ.‎

‎[PROOF of 'MANIFEST' of 'TURKISH REVOLUTIONARY-PATH'] Devrimci Yol. Bildirge: Ülkemizde ve dünyada içinde bulundugumuz kosullar ve temel siyasî görevimiz.; Devrimci hareketin birligi ve partilesme süreci. Ülkemiz solunun dünü bugünü.‎

‎Very Good Turkish Paperback not original. Booklet was illegal in its period, covered by 'Din dersleri' [i.e. 'Religious lessons']. Some markings and underlined sentences with a pen. Advance copy, proof reading copy. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 58 p. [FIRST DECLARATION of 'TURKISH REVOLUTIONARY-PATH'] Devrimci Yol. Bildirge: Ülkemizde ve dünyada içinde bulundugumuz kosullar ve temel siyasî görevimiz.; Devrimci hareketin birligi ve partilesme süreci. Ülkemiz solunun dünü bugünü. Devrimci Yol (shortly DEV-YOL) was a Turkish political movement (as opposed to a tightly structured organization) with many supporters in trade unions and other professional institutions. Its ideology was based on Marxism-Leninism but rejected both the Soviet and the Chinese models in favor of a more native Turkish model, although it was influenced by the latter. Devrimci Yol entered the political scene in Turkey on 1 May 1977 with its manifesto called bildirge. Its roots can be seen in a movement that called itself Devrimci Gençlik ("Revolutionary Youth", short DEV-GENÇ), and it followed the thesis of Mahir Çayan. Extremely rare. Only two copies in OCLC: 81165643 (International Institute of Social History (IISG)) / 635015300 (Universita?tsbibliothek Bamberg).‎

‎BEHICE BORAN, (Presidente ddu Parti Ouvrier de Turquie), (1910-1987).‎

‎Turquie et le Monde d'Aujourd'hui.‎

‎Fine French Paperback. Foolscap 8vo. (17 x 12 cm). In French. 44 p. Turquie et le Monde d'Aujourd'hui. "La principale force democratique en Turquie comme ailleurs. C'estla classe ouvrere qui fait entendre sa voix par son propre parti politique. Apres le Coup d'Etat Militaire du 12 Mars 1971, une dure repression s'abattit sur la classe ouvriere et son parti politique legal fut inderdit, mais le masse ouvriere sortit de cette periode de repression plus ferme et plus decidee. Sur cette base solide se fonde et se developpe le parti politique de la classe ouvriere.". Behice Boran was a Turkish Marxist politician, author and sociologist. As a dissenting political voice from the left, Boran was repeatedly imprisoned for her work and died in exile after the Turkish military coup of 1980. Boran was born in Bursa to Volga Tatar parents whose families had settled in the Ottoman Empire during the 1890s. She graduated from American College for Girls in Istanbul, Turkey, and studied sociology at the University of Michigan in the United States. She received her PhD on sociology in 1939 from Michigan, and was involved in Marxism. She was nominated to Ankara University, Faculty of Language and History-Geography (AÜ, DTCF) as an associate professor. She also joined the clandestine Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) and began publishing left-wing periodicals, Yurt ve Dünya (English: Motherland and World) and Adimlar (English: Steps), which led to her sacking from the university. In 1950, she led the formation of the Turkish Peacelovers Association, which protested against Turkey's participation the Korean War, which led to her arrest and a sentence of 15 months in prison. Between 1965-69, Boran served as a deputy from the Workers Party of Turkey (TIP) in the Turkish parliament. In 1970, she assumed the leadership of the party. She was arrested after the military coup of 1971 and sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment. After she was released following an amnesty, she re-established the TIP in 1975. After the military coup of 1980, Boran went into exile in Europe, living as a political refugee in Sofia, Brussels and Düsseldorf. In 1987, she announced that TIP and TKP had decided to merge. She died soon after this press conference from heart disease in Brussels, Belgium. She was 77 years old. Her body was brought to Istanbul and her funeral turned into a mass demonstration, the first public show of force of Turkey's left-wing movement after the coup. (Wikipedia).‎

‎FRANCIS POLLINI, (American novelist), (1930-).‎

‎Gece. [= Night]. Translated into Turkish by Behzat Tanç. Cover by Nazif Güner.‎

‎Very Good Turkish Paperback. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 228, [2] p. Francis Pollini was an American author and first lieutenant United States Air Force, 1952-1957 (Korean War). First Edition of Night published in America in 1961 by Olympia Press. It concerns the Communist brain-washing techniques used by the Maoist Chinese forces on American prisoners of war during that conflict. These were based on various behaviorist ideas which were very much in the air at that time and were used extensively by the KGB, CIA , MI6, the French secret services, and other parallel or adjacent bodies. The novel deals with a triumvirate of main characters over a two hundred page span. The first is the Italian-American GI Marty Landi, the one serviceman who does not break as a result of the Chinese questioning; Phillips, the leader of the Resistance in the prison camp; and Ching, the diabolical Chinese interrogator. THis is the first and only Turkish Edition of 'Night'.‎

‎Curated by ARTAN SHABANI.‎

‎Constructing a dream: Socialist realism in Albanian art.= Bir rüyanin insasi: Arnavut sanatinda toplumcu gerçekçilik. [Exhibition catalogue].‎

‎New English Paperback. 4to. (29 x 24 cm). Bilingual in English and Turkish. 167 p., color ills. The exhibition focuses on Albanian social realism through painting, poster and drawings, and it offers a selection of artworks produced under the dictatorship that aimed to spread socialism's main principles among the proletarian. The exhibition investigates the impact of the communist ideology on Albanian visual arts during the second half of the 20th century. The selected artworks reflect the ideology that played an important role in the works' dogmatic content. The exhibition offers an opportunity to become familiar with the culture and identity of Albanian people who had been isolated from the rest of the world for a long time, and centers around the daily life, working class, portraits of leadership, representations of the regime and a hopeful approach to upcoming generations. The exhibition catalogue features an essay titled Socialist Realism in Albanian Style by the art historian Ermir Hoxha, presenting an art historical analysis of the period, as well as a comprehensive text about the exhibition by the curator Artan Shabani, titled Constructing a Dream: Socialist Realism in Albanian Art. Texts are accompanied by a chronology entitled 20th Century Albanian Art and Politics, providing historical information. Contents: Foreword by Suna, Inan ve Ipek Kiraç.; Socialist Realism in Albanian Style, Ermir Hoxha.; Constructing a Dream: Socialist Realism in Albanian Art, Artan Shabani.; 20th Century Albanian Art and Politics.; Catalog.‎

‎MAY 1, 1976.‎

‎[STICKER of TURKISH MAY 1, 1976] Türkiye Isçi Partisi - 1 Mayis 1976.‎

‎Very Good Turkish Original color illustrative label and sticker of May 1, 1976. Illustration shows a worker holding Turkish Labors' Party flag in hand. 17x12 cm. In Turkish. [LABEL of TURKISH MAY 1, 1976] Türkiye Isçi Partisi - 1 Mayis 1976.‎

‎A. SCROCCHI (Proprieta artistica).‎

‎[PROPAGANDA / TRIPOLI COMMANDERS OF ITALY / POSTCARD] Questi valorisi ufficiali che fulgida aureola di gloria circonda, caddero da prodi in Tripolitania per l'alta causa della civilta e per l'avvenire d'Italia: Ten. Gius. Bertasso, Ten. Solaroli Paolo, Cap. Luigi Chignoli, Cap. Angelo Frank, Cap. Palamenghi Crispi, Cap. Raffaele Pergolesi, Cap. Paitini, S. Ten. di Vasc. C. Corradini, Adolfo Corti, Ten. Ugo Granafei.‎

‎Very Good Italian Original color postcard shows 10 Italian commandants with Italian Imperial Sign and Italian flag on the ground-color of Tripoli and Mediterranean map. 9x14 cm. In Italian. [PPOSTCARD / TRIPOLI COMMANDERS OF ITALY / PROPAGANDA] Questi valorisi ufficiali che fulgida aureola di gloria circonda, caddero da prodi in Tripolitania per l'alta causa della civilta e per l'avvenire d'Italia: Ten. Gius. Bertasso, Ten. Solaroli Paolo, Cap. Luigi Chignoli, Cap. Angelo Frank, Cap. Palamenghi Crispi, Cap. Raffaele Pergolesi, Cap. Paitini, S. Ten. di Vasc. C. Corradini, Adolfo Corti, Ten. Ugo Granafei. An extremely rare propaganda postcard on Italian war in Tripoli, 1911 against the Ottoman Turks. Not posted, unused.‎

‎BEHICE BORAN, (President of the Workers' Party of Turkey), (1910-1987).‎

‎Turkey and the world of today.‎

‎Fine English Paperback. Foolscap 8vo. (17 x 12 cm). In English. 44 p. The main democratic force in Turkey as elsewhere is the working class which makes itself heard through its own political party. After the military coup d'etat of March 12th, 1971, a time of tough repression fell upon the working class and its legal political party was banned, but the working class emerged period of repression. The political party of the working class is being built and developed on this solid foundation.". Behice Boran was a Turkish Marxist politician, author, and sociologist. As a dissenting political voice from the left, Boran was repeatedly imprisoned for her work and died in exile after the Turkish military coup of 1980. Boran was born in Bursa to Volga Tatar parents whose families had settled in the Ottoman Empire during the 1890s. She graduated from American College for Girls in Istanbul, Turkey, and studied sociology at the University of Michigan in the United States. She received her Ph.D. in sociology in 1939 from Michigan and was involved in Marxism. She was nominated to Ankara University, Faculty of Language and History-Geography (AÜ, DTCF) as an associate professor. She also joined the clandestine Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) and began publishing left-wing periodicals, Yurt ve Dünya (English: Motherland and World) and Adimlar (English: Steps), which led to her sacking from the university. In 1950, she led the formation of the Turkish Peacelovers Association, which protested against Turkey's participation in the Korean War, which led to her arrest and a sentence of 15 months in prison. Between 1965-69, Boran served as a deputy from the Workers Party of Turkey (TIP) in the Turkish parliament. In 1970, she assumed the leadership of the party. She was arrested after the military coup of 1971 and sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment. After she was released following an amnesty, she re-established the TIP in 1975. After the military coup of 1980, Boran went into exile in Europe, living as a political refugee in Sofia, Brussels, and Düsseldorf. In 1987, she announced that TIP and TKP had decided to merge. She died soon after this press conference from heart disease in Brussels, Belgium. She was 77 years old. Her body was brought to Istanbul and her funeral turned into a mass demonstration, the first public show of force of Turkey's left-wing movement after the coup. (Wikipedia).‎

‎AVRAM BENAROYA [AVRAAM ELIEZER], (1887-1979).‎

‎[RARE OTTOMAN STENOGRAPHY BOOK BY THE FIRST TURKISH-JEWISH SOCIALIST AND A KEY FIGURE OF THE FOUNDATION OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF GREECE] Türkçe lisanina mahsûs stenografya usûlü. [i.e. Stenography in Turkish language].‎

‎Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Paperback. Demy 8vo. (21 x 15 cm). In Ottoman script. 4, 77 p., 1 plate. Stain some pages, slight tear on the fifth page, text unaffected. Otherwise a good copy. Benaroya was a Jewish socialist, member of the Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers' Party (Narrow Socialists), later leader of the Socialist Workers' Federation in the Ottoman Empire. Benaroya played a key role in the foundation of the Communist Party of Greece in 1918. Idealistic and pragmatic at the same time, in Thessaloniki Benaroya played a leading role in the creation, in 1909, of the mainly Jewish Socialist Workers' Federation, or in Ladino, Federacion. The organization took this name because built on the federative model of the Social Democratic Party of Austria, it was conceived as a federation of separate sections, each representing the four main ethnic groups of the city: Jews, Bulgarians, Greeks, and Turks. It published its literature in the languages of these four groups (i.e., Ladino, Bulgarian, Greek, and Turkish, respectively) but in practice, the two latter sections were under-represented if not nonexistent. The democratic Federacion soon became, under Benaroya's leadership, the strongest socialist party in the Ottoman Empire. It created combative trade unions, attracted important intellectuals, and gained a solid base of support among Macedonian workers while cultivating strong links with the Second International. From 1910 to 1911 Benaroya edited its influential newspaper, the Solidaridad Ovradera, printed in Ladino. Unlike other parties that were organized on ethnic lines, as a cross-community group, the Federacion was allowed by the Ottoman authorities. A prominent Bulgarian member, Dimitar Vlahov, was a socialist MP in the new Ottoman parliament until 1912. Indeed, its leaders initially supported the Young Turks, and Benaroya participated in the "Army of Freedom" march on Istanbul to help put down the Countercoup of 1909. Alarmed by the growing power of socialist groups, the CUP subsequently launched a crackdown, under which Benaroya was jailed three times, in early November 1910, June 1911 (when he was deported to Serbia), and February 1912 (when he was deported to Greece). Benaroya was interested in the Jewish Question since the beginning of his career and made efforts to promote Jewish causes throughout it. His first book was The Jewish Question and Social Democracy (1908) while once in Thessaloniki he founded a group called the Sephardic Circle of Socialist Studies. He also played a leading role in the creation, in 1909, of the mainly Jewish Federation. Apprehensive of what the resurgent Greek self-confidence behind the Megali Idea might mean for Jews in Greece and Asia Minor, at the time he labeled the campaign imperialist. He envisaged a state free from any ethnic divisions where Jews could exist un-persecuted and free, retaining their religion. Some of his fears might have been argued to have been realized when after the city's fire, the Venizelos administration did not rebuild the original Jewish section, adopting instead a French town plan, but a considerable proportion of the Jewish population remained throughout the following decades, with the Greek government guaranteeing their rights in March 1926. Benaroya was always very interested in combating anti-Semitism, while over later years he shifted his emphasis to reflect the sizable Thessaloniki Jewish community that chose to remain within the Greek state. After a historic meeting with Venizelos, Benaroya's tactical abilities resulted in the birth of the Socialist Labour Party of Greece (later named Communist) and the General Confederation of Greek Workers, which helped unite Greek workers. This extremely rare book on stenographic style in the Turkish / Ottoman language. Özege 21579.; TBTK 5898.; Only two institutional copies in OCLC. 777181494 (KOÇ University Library; Universiteitsbibliotheek Leiden). First and Only Edition.‎

‎[DISK: TÜRKIYE DEVRIMCI ISÇI SENDIKALARI KONFEDERASYONU [I. E. TURKEY REVOLUTINARY WORKERS' CONFEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS].‎

‎[FIRST APPEARANCE OF THE 1ST PRIZE WINNER TURKISH MAY 1 GRAPHIC ART] 1 Mayis: Dünya isçilerinin birlik, mücadele, dayanisma günü. Cover art by Orhan Taylan, (1941-).‎

‎Very Good Turkish Paperback. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 63, [1] p., 3 unnumbered b/w plates. This is one of the early books on May 1 in Turkey printed by the Turkish Revolutionary Workers' Confederation of Trade Unions. Cover art illustrated by Turkish painter Orhan Taylan, (1941-). In the Ottoman Empire, the first celebration of Labour Day was organized in Skopje in 1909. In Istanbul, Labour Day was first celebrated in 1912. No celebrations could be organized between 1928 and 1975. On 1 May 1976 the Confederation of Revolutionary Trade Unions of Turkey (DISK) organized a rally on Taksim Square with mass participation one year ago "Bloody First May" which was an attack on leftist demonstrators on 1 May 1977 (International Workers' Day) in Taksim Square, Istanbul, Turkey. This booklet was printed for the commemoration of this celebration. Orhan Taylan was born in Samsun, to an artist mother in 1941. Graduated from Robert College (1960) and the Fine Arts Academy of Rome (1965). First solo painting exhibition in 1968. Took leading positions in artists' organizations (1975-1978). Organized mural painting symposiums and executed several murals (1976-80). His paintings were exhibited in London, Amsterdam, and Moscow within Turkish Highlights exhibitions between 1988 and 1990. Aside from regular exhibitions in Istanbul and Ankara, his works were also shown in solo gallery exhibitions in Paris, New York, Geneva, and Athens. Orhan Taylan exhibits mainly figurative oil paintings, and occasionally metal sculptures and drawings. Lives and works in Istanbul. During the 1971 Military coup, taken in custody on summer midnight together with his wife and cartoonist Tan Oral. All his archives and hundreds of books destroyed. 1977 Group exhibitions in Paris and Berlin. The May 1 poster wins 1st prize in the International Poster Competition of the World Federation of Trade Unions, Prag. (Source: Turkish Painting - Visual Art Encyclopedia). This is the first appearance of this art before it's winning the prize in 1977. Rare.‎

‎Prep. by DIMITR DIMITROV.‎

‎Halk oyunlari. [= Turski narodni Tanchi (Svornik)].‎

‎Very Good Turkish Original pictorial bdg. Cloth to spine. Illustrated boards depicting a female folk dancer. Oblong demy 8vo. (13,5 x 21,5 cm). In Turkish and Bulgarian. 274, [2] p., b/w ills, musical scores. Halk oyunlari. [= Turski narodni Tanchi (Svornik)]. 1000 copies were printed. A fine compilation on Bulgarian-Turkish folk dances printed in Sofia.‎

‎KARL MARX, (1818-1883).‎

‎[FIRST TURKISH EDITION OF 'DAS KAPITAL'] Sermaye. Translated by Haydar Rifat [Yorulmaz], (1877-1942).‎

‎Very Good Turkish Original wrappers. Cr. 8vo. (19 x 13 cm). In Turkish. 305, [1] p., errata. Extremely rare in this condition and in original wrappers. Fading on spine, slight stains on cover. Untrimmed. Otherwise a very good copy. Repaired by tape on the front cover's bottom corner. Yorulmaz's rare first Turkish translation of 'Das Kapital' has been the subject of many 'translation studies'. The most important work in the entrepreneurship of Yorulmaz's left thought repertoire that was published within his cultural series was 'Sermaye [= Das Kapital]'. Published as the 7th book of 'the Capital Culture Series', an abridged translation of Das Kapital by Karl Marx. Yorulmaz wrote about his translation: "I had an experience on these empty days and I am translating and publishing a loyal story of 14 volumes, "Das Kapital", collected by Gabriel Dövil. If this abridged edition is requested, I will finally begin with these 14 volumes, starting in June 1937, and translating four every year." Yorulmaz had translated 'Das Kapital' to Turkish from Gabrielle Deville's French translation which was an abridged edition. According to his comments, the purpose of Yorulmaz was, if this abridged edition is requested or demanded he would translate full text of 'Das Kapital'. However, he couldn't realize this dream. Nevertheless, the effect of the 'Sermaye' in the Turkish leftist thought had been considerable. As "Capital" was the first translation of "Das Kapital" into Turkish, it functioned at that time to fill the gap that existed in terms of socialist thought. He was concerned with knowing Karl Marx's thoughts, and therefore in his preface to 'Sermaye', he described his intellectual approach as "[one] sect which is one of the deepest thoughts and has made the biggest earthquake in the world in social and political life". In his preface, he wrote: "We have nothing but a small realized interference about Karl Marx's study in the law school in Ankara by Cavit Bey and the Turkish attorney Sükrü Kaya Bey, five to ten pages of translations." (Source: Haydar Rifat Yorulmaz'in çevirileri, (1908-1940): Bir sol düsünce 'repertuvari'nin kurulusu, Bilal Çelik). In the preface of the 1888 English Edition of 'Das Kapital', Engels says "I was told that the Armenian translation, which was expected to be published in Istanbul a few months ago, did not see the light of day because the publisher was afraid to release a book bearing the name of Marx, while the translator refused to show it as his own work.". (Das Kapital in Turkey, Savran & Tonak). Haydar Rifat was a Turkish lawyer, intellectual, translator and author. He brought the works of world-famous writers such as Emil Ludwig, Lenin, Gustav, Balzac, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky and Karl Marx into Turkish; he published his translations under the series titled 'Dün ve Yarin Tercüme Külliyati' [i.e. Yesterday and Tomorrow as Translation]. In addition, many articles he wrote in the fields of law and literature appeared in various newspapers and magazines. Not in OCLC.‎

‎MAO TSE-TUNG [sic. MAO ZEDONG], (1893-1976).‎

‎[ON NEW DEMOCRACY] Yeni demokrasi. [i.e. La Democratie nouvelle = On new democracy]. Translated in Turkish by Mehmet Dogu.‎

‎Very Good Turkish Original wrappers. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 111 p. First Turkish translation of "On New Democracy" by Mao Zedong, translated from French edition titled "La Democracy nouvelle", examining the way the Chinese revolution should go according to the internal and external conditions of the Chinese society. Mao wrote that the historical course of the Chinese revolution included two phases: the first phase being the democratic revolution and the second one being the socialist revolution, and these phases should follow each other. This theory has been accepted among the Turkish Maoists and constantly expressed and emphasized. Four paper copies in OCLC 943650048, 27993188 (Two are in Turkish institutes, one in International Institute of Social History (IISG) of Netherlands, one in UC Berkeley Libraries of USA).‎

‎MAO TSE-TUNG [sic. MAO ZEDONG], (1893-1976).‎

‎[MAO/ ART AND LITERATURE] Kültür, sanat, edebiyat. Translated from French in Turkish by Serif Hulûsi.‎

‎Very Good Turkish Original wrappers. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 71, [1] p. First Turkish translation of selected writings by Mao Zedong about culture, art, and literature. Only one copy in Bogaziçi University Library of Turkey (62711143), no copy except for this one in institutes worldwide.‎