BURHAN YAYINEV�:
PRODUCERS OF TURKISH-MADE TINTIN ADVENTURES!
Burhaneddin �ener's Burhan Yay�nevi (Burhan Publication House) is notable for producing several Turkish-made b&w Tintin adventures, alongside b&w traced editions of original stories.
Burhan Yay�nevi began publishing its weekly unlicensed
Tenten comics in 1961. When the run of original stories was depleted, the publishers apparently ordered the production of new stories! The first one, 'Istanbulda' (In Istanbul), is a 'collage' (!) of traced editions of various Herge stories edited into a new story-line. The rest appear to be indinigous though some seem to incorporate material traced from non-Tintin comics.
The autorship and art of these Turkish-made adventures is unknown. However, Ali Avni �ne� (1926-82) was the translator of Herge's stories and he might have had an input, especially taking into consideration that he was also an author of children's stories. Altan Deliorman was credited for the "art works" in Burhan's comics from early 1960s which meant cover illustrations and/or the tracing job, so he is a likely candidate for drawing the Turkish-made adventures as well.
Herge's agent in Turkey did indeed reportedly sued �ener, but amazingly lost their case in court, on basis of
Tintin's and Tenten's differences of title and format! Tenten continued at least into late 1960s. Other titles put out by Burhan Yay�nevi in early 1960s include a short-lived Betman (Batman) comics and a comics for juvenile readers, K���k Fato� (1962), which featured Popeye and Katzenmjer Kids among others, as well as some obscure comics such as Korkusuz Bill (western?), Harika Adamlar (western) and Kara�ahin (pilots). In 1965, Burhan Yay�nevi also published a Turkish medieval heroics comics, Bahad�r. Among the last comics published by �ener are Tarzan (Akim) from late 1960s and the short-lived King from 1972
Turkish-made Tenten adventures from Burhan Yay�nevi:
�stanbul'da (In Istanbul)
Marmara Canavar� (Monster of Marmara)
Afrika'da (In Africa)
Merihe Gidiyoruz (We Are Going to Mars)
U�ursuz Film (Cursed Film)
Esrarl� Sirk (Mysterious Circus)
Asiler Aras�nda (Among Rebels)
Perili Da� (Haunted Mountain)
Yamyamlar Aras�nda (Among Cannibals)
Reviews of Turkish-made adventures: Levent Cantek & Kaya �zkaracalar, 'Tenten'in T�rkiye Ser�veni', �izgili Hayat K�lavuzu
�ne�'s bio: G�ng�r Gen�ay, 'Sessiz akan bir �rmak',
Evrensel 14.11.02
Interview with Herge's agent in Turkey:
Ser�ven no. 5
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comics publishers of Turkey
no. 26 of Burhan's Tenten (1961)
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