Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
THE 2 nd INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC ONLINE COLLOQUIUM ON TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETING STUDIES, 24 Ocak 2026, ss.57, (Özet Bildiri)
This study examines the process of transferring Soviet literary concepts to contemporary
academic texts written in Turkey. The period covered in the study includes Soviet litera-
ture from 1917 to 1991, but is restricted to two different academic works representing the
period. The first part of the study will discuss the concepts used during the period of ideo-
logical rigidity between 1917 and 1953, while the second part will focus on the concepts
that emerged during the period of dissolution and rising opposition between 1953 and
1991. Finally, the transfer of concepts used in both periods will be examined comparative-
ly, reflecting the changes in the process of transferring them into the Turkish academic and
cultural fields. In both historical periods examined, political ideology appears to have been
a decisive factor in literary production and cultural life. In this context, the transmission of
literary concepts is considered not only as the linguistic transmission of texts, but also as
the conveyor of ideological influences and cultural definitions in the background. The
study aims to analyze the mechanisms of the mentioned transfer, its temporal variations,
and its forms of reception in Turkey within a conceptual context. Central to this analysis is
an approach that treats translation not merely as a linguistic act, but as a process of rewrit-
ing governed by ideological and poetic factors. The ideological and literary norms of the
target culture play a decisive role in the transmission of the source text based on this ap-
proach. In this context, academic texts on the period have functioned as a fundamental me-
chanism shaping the Turkish reader’s perception of Soviet culture and ideology. Based on
this theoretical framework, the study contributes to the field by questioning how Soviet-
origin concepts adopted in Turkish academic and literary discourse are rewritten within the
ideological atmosphere of the two different historical periods that produced them.