Özet:

Novel in literary genres, when compared with others, is the kind of narrative that expresses initial and serious break from traditional narrative forms. The meaning of the word of "novel" clearly reveals this situation. Novel, which is admitted as the epic of the modern age, is the most representative genre of the modern phenomenon, the nation formation. In Turkish Novel, many cases like Constitutional period developments, losses of ground, Balkan wars, World War I., occupation of Istanbul etc. presented convenient issue scale to cultivate nationalistic feelings. In nationalism context, minority issue, which is emphasized with passionate and ambitious manner, is one of the main cases of Turkish novel. In this study, the perspectives on minorities in the novels which were published after years of peak of nationalism (1918-1950) were tried to determine. Generally, minorities are seen as positive characters in the novels, with the point of humanistic and classification, which were about minorities and their leavings the country after desperate events are seen as a loss. It is considered that the government of that period were responsible for problems. Minorities are seen as brazen and frenzy figures after the occupation of the country in the novels, with the point of nationalistic, which were about minorities. Their heinous behaviours for Turks provoked national consciousness on fictitious characters. Minorities who weren't separatist are in the novel with their positive behaviours. The idea "betrayers will be punished sooner or later" was mentioned in some novels (like Küçük Ağa etc.). Discussion about minorities in the novels with the point of islamic is parallel with nationalistic view. Minorities were figured as a mistress by some authors and for some others as a trojan horse which were managed by foreigners. The title "jewish" were identified with defeatism and ravage.

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