Özet:

The first translation of the Bible into Turkish as a whole was made by the efforts of some Dutch Protestants. For this purpose, by Levinus Warner, the Dutch ambassador of the time, Yahya b. Ishaq (also called Haki) was commissioned and he completed the translation in 1659/1661. However, this work was not published because it was not found successful enough by the Dutch Protestants who organized the translation. Wojciech Bobowski (Ali Ufki Bey), who was later assigned for translation, translated the Bible into Turkish between 1662 and 1666. However, this translation was published in Paris in 1827, after being in the Leiden University Library in the Netherlands for many years. From this date on, Turkish Bible editions have been carried out by the Bible Society (Kitab-ı Mukaddes Şirketi). Wojciech Bobowski’s translation was taken as a basis in the Turkish Bible editions of different dates, but since some updates were made, it is not a facsimile and contains many changes. In these changes, semantic inconsistencies arising from both word updates and the addition or removal of some words and sentences draw attention. In this article, the main differences between the Turkish translation of Wojciech Bobowski’s Bible, which was completed in 1664/1666, and the 1827, 1886, 1941 and 2001 editions published by the The Bible Society, are emphasized. Thus, the contradictory expressions, semantic inconsistencies and the conflicting parts among the source texts that are used as a basis for the updates were drawn to the readers who want to read and understand the Bible through its Turkish translations.

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