Özet:

Selim İleri is one of the most important names in recent Turkish literature. In addition to the novel, he also creates works in the fields of poetry, story, essay, memory and analysis. The name of the novel published in 2018 of Selim İleri, whose novelist direction is more known, is Elimde Viyoletler / Beklenen Sevgili. This study covers a review of this novel of the author in the context of time, İstanbul and the early years of the Turkish Republic. The study consists of three parts. In the first part, the reflection of Bergson’s conception of time on the novel is emphasized. At this point, Bergson’s conception of time was firstly explained. Then, the reflection of this conception in the novel on an individual and social scale was examined. Finally, because they are associated with Bergson’s conception of time, the function of music and the intellectual structure behind the mentality that ignores the past in the novel are examined. In the second part of this study titled “Determinations about İstanbul”, İstanbul of the 1940s was discussed in the context of some settlements of Istanbul, Terkos Lake, Bonmarşe store, non-Muslims, women's clothing, cosmetics, plants, sherbet and jams. Under the title of "The First Years of the Republic",  the view of the changing Turkey in 1930s is given in the context of a wedding in Mersin. The way of perception of a university student young woman in İstanbul was also mentioned.

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