Özet:

In this study, Reşad Ekrem Koçu’s novel Esircibaşı, which takes place among his historical novels, will be handled in relation the concepts of time and place. Since it is a historical novel, the importance of place and especially the importance of time in the novel Esircibaşı will be mentioned and the functions of the place in the novel will be focused on. For this purpose, a more text-based analysis will be done and the concepts of time and place will be discussed by giving examples from the text of the novel. Reşad Ekrem Koçu, who is among the important historical novelists, is also the author of the firsts in many fields. His Türk Giyim, Kuşam ve Süsleme Sözlüğü dated 1967 is a first in its field. His most noteworthy and greatest work is İstanbul Ansiklopedisi, which he couldn’t complete because of financial difficulties. In this sense, this study aims to attract attention to Reşad Ekrem Koçu, whose works haven’t been studied on a lot so far, and to his novel called Esircibaşı by an analysis of time and place.

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