the ideology of lexical choices in the turkish translations of oliver twist

complete freedom to translators are actually disregarding the copyright owned by the
authors, which is kept under protection for seventy years following the death of the
author (2006; http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/yazarlar/5270593.asp?m=1).
2.2.4.3. What the Governmental Authorities Said about the Issue
Another point raised by Radikal Daily is the fact that the names of the
translators are not mentioned in the books. The logo on the books suggests that they
are approved and recommended to school children by the Ministry of Education, but
Hüseyin Çelik, the Minister of Education, said “his Ministry had approved only the
list of books to be recommended and not their versions published by private
publishing houses so as to rule out unfair trade”
(http://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/sixth_column/2006/08/tom_and_huck_ma.html).
As for the absence of the translator’s name in the translations, the Ministerial
authorities made a warning to parents saying that the first thing they should do before
purchasing a translated book is to check if the translator’s name exists in the book,
and if the translation corresponds to the source text. They also advised parents to ask
for the help of teachers if they are not able to do so
(http://www.radikal.com.tr/haber.php?haberno=196295).
An article by Betül Kotan entitled “Nihayet Sağduyu!” (“Common Sense in
the End!”), in Radikal Daily features the
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s opinions of the issue as well as those of
Hüseyin Çelik. According to the newspaper, Erdoğan was particularly annoyed with
the books featuring riddles, phrases and tongue twisters full of obscene words and
phrases and he ordered Çelik to deal with the scandal and take legal action against
the publishers (2006; http://www.radikal.com.tr/haber.php?haberno=196951). Çelik
criticized the publishers employing the strategy and said that the Ministry would take
legal action against them as he believed that the publishers’ sole aim was to
maximize their profits rather than contributing to education, and that the whole thing
was an artificial controversy created by “some writers resenting the Ministry for not
including their works in a list of recommended books” and that they were
“deliberately trying to smear the reputation of his Ministry” (2006;
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=52796). However, Çelik
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