Özet:

Mehmet Rauf, who made an important contribution to the construction of modern Turkish literature with his novels and stories, is known as the author of the Eylül novel. The fact that the author is mentioned only with this novel causes the other works he has written not to be given the necessary importance. However, Mehmet Rauf wrote 13 novels, 143 stories, many prose poems and plays during his literature life. In addition, these works, which have a literary value in terms of quality, reveal the role of the author in the development of Modern Turkish prose. Mehmet Rauf's novel Menekşe was first serialized in Servet-i Fünûn in 1913 and published as a book in 1915. In this work he wrote after the collapse of the Servet-i Fünûn Community, Mehmet Rauf also touches on the literary activities of the period within the framework of the theme of love and the thoughts of the author of Servet-i Fünûn on literature and life as a novel hero. Hüseyin Bülend, the head of the work, represents the generation of Servet-i Fünûn. In this respect, Hüseyin Bülend is a mirror that reflects Mehmet Rauf's ideas about the literature and social life of the period. Love, which is the focal point in all of Mehmet Rauf's works, is also at the center of this novel. However, Menekse can also be evaluated in the context of literary history. In this study, Mehmet Rauf's work named Menekşe, the position of Servet-i Fünûn generation as a novel hero will be examined within the framework of the themes of Servet-i Fünûn literature and the discussions on literature.