17th ITEF
Istanbul International
Literature Festival
"What is Literature For?"
28 May - 1 June 2025
What's ITEF?
ITEF - Istanbul International Literature Festival, since 2009 with the initiative of Kalem Agency, organized by the Kalem Culture Association, a non-profit institution, it is an international festival that brings together local and foreign writers and literary professionals with Turkish literature, cultural scenes in Turkey, and writers and publishers of our country, both in Istanbul and in many cities of Anatolia.
more...What does ITEF do?
ITEF - Istanbul International Literature Festival; being a meeting point for writers, publishers, agencies, translators, journalists, literary fund managers, literature festival coordinators and everyone in the publishing industry clinching the Professional Meetings Fellowship Program as an international platform that enables writers and publishers to cooperate with foreign publishers, editors, translators and writers creates a platform.
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ITEF- Istanbul International Literature Festival includes international events for professionals during the Fellowship Programme to encourage collaboration among authors, publishers, editors and translators both from Turkey and abroad. Since its first launch in 2011, ITEF has hosted 150 professionals from 42 countries in Istanbul in order to promote Turkish literature and publishing. Professionals working in the fields of literature and translation will visit publishing houses with their Turkish colleagues and share their knowledge and experiences in one on one meetings throughout the three-day programme. They will also be able to observe the Turkish literature market closely and learn more about the works that can be translated from Turkish.
