Turkish literary journal HECE commemorates the 200th anniversary of Dostoevsky’s birth

In this essay, we provide an overview of Dostoevsky’s reception within Turkish scholarship, drawing on one definitive source: the Literary Journal HECE, Dostoevsky Special Issue (vol 1, vol 2), edited by Birsen Karaca and published in Ankara in 2022 to commemorate Dostoevsky’s bicentenary. The special issue of HECE also examines how the early Dostoevsky in the literature and scholarship of various region—such as China, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan—has influenced Turkish Dostoevsky scholarship. This comparative cross-cultural reception of Dostoevsky within Turkish “dostoevedenie” is unique to Turkish scholarship and enables us to understand how Dostoevsky’s works were transmitted from European to Asian culture.