Abstract:

Religion is one of the most important areas of conflict in Republican modernization, which is the most important pillar of Turkish modernization and aims for radical change. Novels provide important data in following the traces of changes, conflicts and political debates in daily life during the early Republican period. Tarık Buğra's novel Dönemeçte presents the reflections of the social, political, cultural and religious aspects of the transition to multi-party life, which is another phase of Turkish modernization, in daily life in the provinces. In the novel, the appearance of the traces of conflict, harmony and transformation of religious-cultural traditional elements with the radical change projects of Republican modernization in the town's intellectual, gentry and public layers symbolizes the turning point of the country. The civil servants of the town, who are the intellectuals, draw an alienated intellectual profile with their insensitivity to the problems of the people and society. In other respects, the fact that Fakir Halid, an intellectual-sofi character from the tradesmen, directs Dr. Şerif to politics with his sensitivity towards the future of the state and the nation shows the continuity of modernization with internal dynamics. The purpose of the study is to analyze how the conflict between religious and modern structures produces differences in social, cultural, political, meaning of life and corruption through the example of the novel Dönemeçte.

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