Özet:

The Soviet era is a period, which freedom of thought and expression was no more than a dream, particularly for Turkic peoples. It was impossible for Uzbek writers to criticize the Tsarist and Soviet periods. Uzbek people were deprived of the denominations Turk and Turkestan, which were their historical heritage. They were always deemed to be in depth to the central government despite the fact that they annually supplied tons of cotton besides of gold, natural gas and petroleum. To make matters worse dozens of Uzbek intellectuals were murdered or banished to Siberia in every period but particularly in the era of Stalin. The name ‘Turk’ was forbidden and slightest national sensibility was regarded as panturkism and people were punished. Islam, which is essential for Uzbek people, also got its share from these oppressions. Slightest religious sensibility was regarded as backwardness, fundamentalism and residue of the past. Uzbek intellectuals had been only able to somewhat express these experiences during the period of Gorbachev. Truth has only been able to be written from the eve of the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the independence of Uzbekistan. The miseries experienced during the Soviet era, have been revealed in many writers in works like novels, stories, poems, trials and articles. One of the prominent writers in this field is the late Toghay Murod. The writer, who was not very productive, has revealed all the inflictions the Uzbek people have suffered. Particularly the work Otamdan Qolgan Dalalar (The Fields Left by My Father), which is dealt with in this work, have the characteristics of a documentary novel. It is possible to say that this novel alone is enough to exemplify what the Russians have done to the people of Turkestan.

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