Talât Sait Halman

A museum in central Anatolia dedicated to Mevlana Rumi, the famed 13th-century Muslim mystic poet, has become the third-most popular museum in Turkey.

The second Talat Sait Halman Translation Award, which is given by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) in honor of Talat Sait Halman to support outstanding translations of literary works, was presented on Dec. 20 at a ceremony at the Nejat Eczacıbaşı building. 

Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (?KSV) has introduced an award to support outstanding translations of literary works, including but not limited to poetry, short stories and novels, in honor of Turkey?s first minister of culture.

Turkey’s first ever culture and tourism minister, Talat Sait Halman, passed away on Dec. 4.

Halman was born in Istanbul in 1931. He studied at Istanbul’s Robert Collage and got his master’s degree in political science from Columbia University.

Professor Talat Halman, Turkey’s first culture minister (1971), has published a large new volume, 'William Shakespeare: Aşk ve Anlatı Şiirleri,' in honor of the 450th anniversary of the English bard’s birth