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B O O K S F R O M T U R K E Y
Ç E T İ N A L T A N
Çetin Altan was born in Istanbul in 1927 and graduated from the Faculty of Law at
Ankara University, but instead of practicing his career, he worked as a journalist for
various newspapers. Meanwhile, his poems and short stories were first published in
1946 and he has worked as a columnist in prominent newspapers for more than 60
years. He currently works as a columnist for the newspaper Milliyet. Altan is a profilic
writer with more than 50 published books (memoirs, novels, futuristic short stories,
travel notes, theatrical plays, etc.). He is considered to be one of the leading writers
of Turkish literature and has written more than 35,000 essays on various subjects.
He has written 9 theatrical plays, which have all been performed by state and private
theater groups.
Foreign Rights: Büyük Gözaltı/The Great Surveillance (French, Swedish, Greek,
Bulgarian, Romanian and Spanish); Bir Avuç Gökyüzü/A Handful of Sky (French,
Swedish, Greek, Bulgarian, Romanian and Spanish); Küçük Bahçe/The Little Garden
(French, Swedish, Greek, Bulgarian, Romanian and Spanish); Viski/Whisky (French,
Swedish, Greek, Bulgarian, Romanian and Spanish)
BÜYÜK GÖZALTI
THE GREAT SURVEILLANCE
Flammarion, France, 1992
280 pages, Novel
Translated by Julie Pavesi
ISBN: 975101459X
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The Great Surveillance was on the
recommended reading list for high
schools in France. Critics in the European
press praised his novels and compared
his style to that of Kafka. Written with
an allegoric, literally rich style, Altan’s
novels are mainly about the loss of
identity of individuals in society due to
political and social presures.