Examination of the values in translation of children's literature works

The history of children's literature in Turkey dates back to the Tanzimat Period and written children's literature products began to be encountered in this period. Although the first children's literature products were encountered in the children's magazines of the period, the first children's literature works in literary genres such as short stories, novels and fables entered Turkish children's literature through translation works from the West. The translation activity in children's literature, which started with the translation of classical works in the Tanzimat Period, continued to increase in the following periods and has always maintained its influence on children's literature. Today, it is seen that the translation of children's literature works is close to fifty percent when compared to copyrighted works. At the same time, it is noteworthy that the quantitative increase in translated children's literature works has gained momentum in recent years and that the number of translations made in the last twenty years is much higher than the number of translated works in all periods. Literary works appear as an important tool in transferring value to children. If it is aimed to provide an effective values education from a young age, literary works must be taken into consideration. The values conveyed by the translated children's literature products that emerged in a different society and therefore in a different culture may also differ. At the same time, the publisher, translator and reader are three important factors in translation children's literature. When these issues are evaluated, the aim of this research was to determine the values in the translated children's literature works. In the research, the document analysis method, one of the qualitative research methods, was used. While selecting the works that are the subject of the research; The publishing house where the work was published, the first edition to be included after 2000, the large number of editions, the appeal to children over the age of 7, and the fact that it was written in a literary genre such as short stories and novels were taken into consideration and 24 books were selected from six different publishing houses in line with these criteria. Selected literary works; It has been examined in terms of criteria such as which values it includes, the way it handles values, whether there is a difference in values in the works according to the publisher. While examining the works, content analysis was made; The values determined by the researcher in the works using the open coding technique are included in the findings. As a result of the research, 35 different positive values were determined in the translated children's literature works, while 4 different negative value transfers were found. The results of the research were interpreted by considering the literature and suggestions were made.