Turkish Journal of Iranian Studies (TJIS) Issue 4

It is known that many works originally written in Persian have been introduced to Turkish literature through translation. Although there are disputes about its origin, Jâmasb-nâme, whose Persian examples are at least older than the Turkish ones, is among these works. Jâmasb-nâmes are texts in which the events about Jâmasb, the son of the Prophet Daniel, who is famous for his knowledge on medicine and wisdom, are treated with the frame story technique. These texts, in which tale and story are intertwined, have been the subject of both Turkish folk literature, classical Turkish literature and comparative literature. Although the first known translation of Jâmasb-nâme was written by Ahmad-i Dâî, the most famous translation of Jâmasb-nâme was composed by Abdî Mûsâ. Abdî Mûsâ’s translation was the source of many other translations of Jâmasb-nâme prepared after him. It is seen that many of the verse and prose translations found in the sources were written by abridging, expanding or being inspired by Abdî’s work. In the prose translation of Jâmasb-nâme to be introduced in this study, although the influence of Abdî can be mentioned in terms of the development of events, no concrete evidence of this was found in the text. This translation, whose translator is unknown, is understood to have been written in the beginning of the month of Rajab in the year 1272 AH (1856 AD). The work is registered in the Osman Ergin Turkish Manuscripts collection of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Atatürk Library with the fixture number 0161. In this study, firstly, the tradition of Jâmasb-nâme translation in Turkish literature will be briefly mentioned, then the manuscript in question will be introduced and its form and content features will be analysed.

Key Words: 19th Century Turkish Literature, Jamasb-nâme Translations, The Thousand and One Nights, Prose Story, Tale, Translation Tradition.

This article examines the four-hundred-year period of Ottoman-Iranian political relations from a different perspective and discusses the relations between the two countries on the axis of three basic principles, unlike an understanding of Sunni-Shiite, Iranian-Turanian or two Turkish dynasties. The first of these principles is the process of building a new border, which started during the reign of Yavuz Sultan Selim and ended during the reign of Suleyman the Magnificent. The second is that the Ottoman Empire created a buffer zone between its borders and Iran and kept the Iranian elements beyond this buffer zone. The third is to organize expeditions to the Iranian lands depending on the time and conditions and to establish a security zone beyond the border. The Iranian expeditions of the Ottoman Empire in 1578, 1723 and 1905 can be shown among the most obvious examples of the process of creating a security zone on the border. All the actions of the Ottoman State in its political relations with Iran for four centuries were arrangements made to protect these three principles, and the basic policy of the state in eastern politics was to ensure that these principles continue unchanged.

Key Words: Iran, The Ottoman Empire, Borders, War, Diplomacy.

Summit diplomacy of informal International Organizations (IOs) has become one of the main platforms in international politics and plays an important role in expanding multilateral relations in the political, economic, and geopolitical fields between different countries. Acting in the form of G-groups, informal IOs have been created to combat the global crisis. One of the newest generations of informal IOs is I2U2, which was created to deal with the globally growing food crisis caused by the COVID-19 crisis and the Ukraine crisis. This article has attempted to explore the underlying motivations behind the establishment of I2U2. This article aims to trace the changing dynamic of informal IOs and competition between regional and global powers through the case of I2U2. In this regard, findings show that in the framework of I2U2, India, the UAE, Israel and the US have tried to develop their bilateral cooperation to a multilateral geoeconomic level by creating an “I2U2 food corridor”.

Key Words: Informal IOs, I2U2, Geoeconomic Cooperation, Trans-national Cooperation, Food Security.

It is a review of the book titled “South Korea’s Middle Power Diplomacy in the Middle East: Development, Political and Diplomatic Trajectories” written by Hae Won Jeong in English.

It is a review of the book titled “The Shah’s Imperial Celebrations of 1971: Nationalism, Culture and Politics in Late Pahlavi Iran” written by Robert Steele in English.