Abstract
THE PROBLEMS OF MODERN TURKISH NOVEL AND NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE NOVEL
In the writing that Tanpınar wrote in 1930s with the heading Bizde Roman, he complains that the novelists, as they see the Turkish society from the view of Western works, cannot be “intimate” and in accordance with this, Turkish novel has not completed its “transition” period. 30 years after Tanpınar, famous novelist Kemal Tahir said that Turkish novelists had become the imitators of Western novel as they did not know their own society very well. However, 140 years have passed since 1872 when we stepped into the novel world with a work. The novels published especially in recent years have caught a great attention that has never been seen in our Republic history. In fact, while the publications of some novels have reached hundred thousands, some have reached to millions with 500, 600 publications. Undoubtedly, this table may be considered in an optimistic way by many of us for society that has reading problem, but it is difficult to share the same ideas in terms of quality. In addition, a significant part of the works has caught the attention thanks to their quantitative sides not the qualitative ones as they are interpreted with an ordered understanding instead of a serious criticism. Therefore, the judgement that a good advertisement gets more readers and more money has replaced the general and settled judgement that a good work finds its reader. In this declaration, the current situation of Turkish novel will be studied by taking the problems into consideration.
Keywords
Modern Turkish novel, postmodern novel, crime novel, science fiction novel, fantastic novel.