Bibliography of Written and Translated Turkish Qur’anic Translations That Published in the Years Between 1980-2017

In Turkey, a number of Qur’anic translations with various features were written between 1980&2017. Considering the sales of Qur’anic translations and the number of the translations, it can be said that there is a great interest in the Qur’anic translations in Turkey. There are various reasons for the increase in the number of Qur’anic translations after 1980. The inadequacies in the prepared Qur’anic translation, the continuous change of Turkish, the various criticisms towards the Qur’anic translations and the desire to understand the Qur’an by means of Qur’anic translations are some of these reasons. When we look at the profile of the writers of Qur’anic translations, it can be claimed that the theologian academics were more successful in writing them. The addition of expressions such as “interpretative” “explanatory”, “reasoned”, “annotated” to the names of the books of Qur’anic translations draws attention. The addition of such expressions shows the inadequacy of the Qur’an’s direct translations. In this article, as a contribution to the literature of the Qur’anic translation, it was attempted to list the written and translated Qur’anic translations that were published in Turkey between 1980 and 2017. The works in the bibliography were categorized alphabetically according to the styles of writing and names of authors. Other information is given in the form of footnotes if necessary. In addition, some problems of preparation of Qur’anic translation bibliography were addressed and possible suggestions for these problems were made