[SAMMELBAND INCLUDING THE FIRST OTTOMAN LESBIAN PLAY / EARLY QUEER] چیقماز سوقاق / Çikmaz sokak: Millî tiyatro, 3 perde. [i.e. Dead end: National theater in 3 acts]. [Bound with] Ben… baska. Kirik mahfaza [bound with] Haralambos Cankiyadis

SÜLEYMAN, SÂHABEDDIN (Turkish / Ottoman writer, member of Fecr-i Âtî movement) (1885-1921). Muhtar Halid Kitabhanesi / Matbaa-i Hayriye ve Sürekâsi (Muhtar Halid Külliyati Kism-i Millî 8), Istanbul, AH 1329 = [CE 1913]. Contemporary full burgundy cloth, with gilt lettering on the spine. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 107 p. Wear to the rear board and spine, occasional foxing on pages. Otherwise, a very good copy. The first edition of this groundbreaking play, published in 1913 after its serialization in 1909, is the first work in Ottoman/Turkish literature to include lesbian content in book form. This Sammelband also features two additional Ottoman plays from the same period, printed by the same publishing house. This theatrical text, centred around a lesbian relationship, has never been performed or allowed to be performed since its publication. It stands as the first play written on lesbianism in the Ottoman Empire. The story takes place i