Founded in 1988, Literatür Publishing began by bringing academic and professional books from abroad to readers in Turkey. With strong titles in architecture, art, and design, it soon became a leading publisher and played a key role in shifting from photocopied course notes to a book-based education culture. Through international partnerships, it helped establish the English-language textbook market and supported it with campus bookstores. From 1992 onward, it published works by Turkish academics and artists, and in 1995 began translating essential global texts into Turkish. In the 2000s it expanded into literature, biography, and cultural studies, pioneering high-quality co-publishing. After 2010 it added core sciences and visual arts to its program. In 2024 it launched the Literatür Hayat and Literatür Çocuk imprints, broadening its vision. Today, it proudly publishes over 500 international authors.