Abstract:

National Struggle is the name given to the Turkish nation’s sacrifice and triumph, a struggle the like of which had never been seen before, with all kinds of poverty, distress and impossibility against big and powerful states. In order for a community of people living within the borders of their homeland to be qualified as a nation, they must share a common culture, history, tradition and country. The most important factor that constitutes the national identity of the people living in the same country is the concept of "homeland". In order to strengthen the loyalty of the people living within the borders of the homeland to the land, nation and flag, and to raise individuals who will defend their homeland with great courage and faith when the time comes, the awareness of national identity must be transferred to future generations. Literature is one of the most important tools used to give national identity to individuals belonging to a community. In the period of the National Struggle, there were people who worked for the war of independence regardless of whether they were peasants or city dwellers, civil servants or intellectuals, children or elderly, women or men. One of these is Halide Edib Adıvar, a brave and faithful Turkish woman who used literature to give society the character of a nation, and to bring awareness of the struggles for the liberation of the homeland and the independence of the nation. Adivar's novel, Fire T-shirt, plays an important role in Turkish literature in terms of re-igniting the Turkish spirit and building national identity. Therefore, in this study, Adivar, who experienced the war with all its pain on the front, and the first of her War of Independence novels, Fire T-shirt, are examined in the context of the construction of national identity.

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National Struggle is the name given to the Turkish nation's sacrifice and triumph, a struggle the like of which which had never been seen before, with all manner of poverty, distress and impossibility against big and powerful states. In order for a community of people living within the borders of their homeland to be qualified as a nation, they must share a common culture, history, tradition and country. The most important factor that constitutes the national identity of the people living in the same land is the concept of “homeland”. In order to strengthen the loyalty of the people living within the borders of the homeland to the land, nation and flag, and to raise individuals who will defend their home territory with great courage and faith when the time comes, the awareness of national identity must be transferred to future generations. Literature is one of the most important tools used to give national identity to individuals belonging to a community. In the period of the National Struggle, there were people who worked for the war of independence regardless of whether they were peasants or city dwellers, civil servants or intellectuals, children or elderly, women or men. One of these is Halide Edib Adıvar, a brave and faithful Turkish woman who used literature to give society the character of a nation, and to impart awareness of the struggles for the liberation of the homeland and the independence of the nation. Adivar's novel, Ateşten Gömlek, plays an important role in Turkish literature in terms of re-igniting the Turkish spirit and building national identity. Therefore, in this study, Adivar, who experienced the war with all its pain on the front, and the first of her War of Independence novels, Ateşten Gömlek, are examined in the context of the construction of national identity.