The Beginnings of Shakespearean Influences on Ottoman-Turkish Drama: Namik Kemal's Akif Bey (1874) and Gülnihal (1875). Osmanli-Türk Tiyatrosunda Shakespeare Etkileri: Namik Kemal'den Akif Bey (1874) ve Gülnihal (1875).
https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/bbbo508/
Author:
	Dinçel, M. Sibel.
Type:
	Journal Article
Year:
	2019
Publication Information:
	Ankara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi Dergisi 59, no. 2 (2019): 1170–87. (https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/dtcfdergisi/issue/66799/1044658)
Annotation:
	Explores "implicit and explicit allusions, repetitions, [and] transformations of the Shakespearean texts" in Namık Kemal's plays Akif Bey (Othello and Tempest) and Gülnihal (primarily Othello and Hamlet; Macbeth and Tempest to a lesser degree). Positions Kemal's plays as an effort to introduce Western styles of theatre to Tanzimat era Turkey while also showing shared themes across literatures, such as "evil, prejudice, love, hatred, jealousy, revenge, and the problem of existence itself." English and Turkish summaries, 1170.
Language:
	English
Persons:
	Kemal, Namık
Keywords:
	Turkey
Tags:
	Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello, Scholarship, Criticism, History of Criticism, Shakespeare as Influence, The Tempest
WSB Update:
	Summer 2025
WSB Record Number:
	bbbo508