Özet:

The Ottomanism’s ideological flow, which began politically in the Tanzimat period, has manifested itself in the literary and academic field with the support of the state. But the new world order and the end of the Ottomanism continued to make the Turkish idea flow the time of the lights become the focus of interest. In the 19th century, Turkish, which emerged in accordance with the nation-state understanding, began with the academic dimension of identity building by feeding from Ottomanism, was announced to society by literary works and finally accepted itself in the political field.  Omer Seyfettin, one of the leading names of national literature, interpreted the nationalist movement according to the Turkish-Turanci idea. In all his works, the writer, who put the ideas of national identity building and nationalism in the forefront, has discovered the Turkish identity in parallel with the brilliants of the time and has turned towards the proclamation of the Turkish sense. Through the myths, he made the origins and descendants, freedom and immigration, the former Turkish heroes and the elected people in the forefront. Omer Seyfettin, who sees the writing as a mission, for his clear responsibility led to the creation of a social structure based on Turkish and Muslimism. In his stories, religion and language, which are the binding element of society, were more processed by the idea of Turkish. In this study, starting from the Turan stories of Omer Seyfettin, the author's national perception, the historical setting in the construction of national identity, the distant heroes he created will be determined, however, the nationalist mythology will be examined taking into account. In addition, the ideals of Turan, which the writer perceives as Turkey and his top identity in a sense, will be assessed from the historical depth. The ideas and principles raised in the Turan stories of Omer Seyfettin will be sought to answer the question of how effective it is in the construction of the people. The role and impact of the Turan stories of Omer Seyfettin in building national identity will be studied.

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