Scholars@Duke
Mert Bahadir Reisoglu

Mert Bahadir Reisoglu

Assistant Professor in German Studies
German Studies
Office hours Wednesday & Friday 1:30pm-2:30pm  

Selected Publications

Berlin/Istanbul Again: Theatre, Memory, and the New Wave of Migration

Journal Article Seminar A Journal of Germanic Studies · November 1, 2024 In this article I investigate the relationship between contemporary Turkish and German theatres and the transnational exchanges between Istanbul and Berlin after the “new wave” of migration. I focus on Ceren Ercan’s two plays Seni Seviyorum Türkiye (“I Lov ... Full text Cite

Gastarbeiterulcus and Realism in Güney Dal: A Gastrointestinal Account of " Gastarbeiterliteratur"

Journal Article Seminar A Journal of Germanic Studies · February 1, 2023 This article analyzes the relationship between Turkish German literature and medicine by focusing on Güney Dal's Is Sürgünleri (1976; published in German translation as Wenn Ali die Glocken läuten hört, 1979). In his fi rst novel, Dal documents the 1973 Fo ... Full text Cite

Introduction: Reexamining Turkish German Archive(s)

Journal Article Transit · September 12, 2022 Full text Cite

The Impossibility of Return: Güney Dal and the Exilic Condition

Journal Article Konturen · 2020 This article examines the role exile plays in the works of the first generation of Turkish German authors by focusing on Güney Dal. The first part of the article deals with Güney Dal’s interviews with other Turkish German authors in 1983. Even thou ... Full text Cite

On the autobahn to language

Chapter · January 1, 2018 Full text Cite

Turkish Poetry in German Prose: Emine Sevgi Özdamar and the Second New

Chapter · February 15, 2016 Dieser Band repräsentiert die Bandbreite der US-amerikanischen Turkish-German Studies: Die Beiträge befassen sich mit dem Einfluss jüdischer Emigranten in der Türkei, der Rolle der Türkei in der europäischen Filmförderung, ... ... Cite