(Re)translation as a tool of narrative (re)production: Charles Darwin's theory of evolution in Türkiye

This dissertation studies the (re)translations of Charles Darwin's The Origin (1859) that were produced and (re)published in the Turkish publication field between 1970 and 2022. Embracing a sociological framework, the study aims to establish the relationships between the ideological dispositions of the agents of (re)translation and their translatorial interest in The Origin. For that, the study focuses on the translated texts (translations proper) and the abundance of paratextual materials the agents of (re)translation produced surrounding their translations. The study also elaborates on the Atlas of Creation (2006-2012) volumes published by the Islamic Creationist Harun Yahya group. It is seen that Islamic Creationism and related public narratives that started gaining prominence in the Turkish setting in the 1970s had a catalyzing impact on the emergence of The Origin (re)translations and (re)publications. The study shows that producing paratextual elements for the translations of The Origin has become a norm followed by the majority of (re)translation agents. It also demonstrates that (re)translating and (re)publishing Darwin's The Origin provided the majority of the agents with new narrative spaces to discuss the theory in relation to various overarching meta-narratives such as Materialism, Socialism, Capitalism, and Creationism. These discussions were framed from the perspective of the agents' ideological dispositions.