Introduction: The Polemics of the Author -- Tropes of "Turkishness" from Sufism to State. Literary Revisions of the Secular Modern -- The Untranslated Novels of a Nobel Laureate -- The Archive of Ottoman Istanbul. A Voice from the Ottoman Archive -- Reimagining the Ottoman Legacy -- The Literary Politics of the Secular-Sacred. Political Parody from Coups to Conspiracies -- Novelizing Secular Sufism -- Conclusion: The Blasphemies of "Turning Turk" -- Appendix: "What an Interview Can Unleash: Orhan Pamuk".