The abstract concepts and terms of Sufism provide artists with great opportunities, especially in the expression of spiritual / psychological states, especially in the expression of spiritual / psychological states. This spiritual dimension, excluded by classical realist literature, has been included in the narrative universe of literary works under the influence of Postmodernism. The realm of imagination, pushing the boundaries of the mind, has found its place in novels through Sufism, irony, parody, and pastiche. Ihsan Oktay Anar discovers this treasure and uses it in many different ways in his novels. The novel “The Silent Ones” is a novel in which Sufi principles and the Mevlevi lodge are discussed. Although the novel is inspired by elements of Christianity and Judaism and their holy books, Sufism, Mevlevism, ney, whirling dervishes and states of wonder are more familiar to Turkish readers. This is because although its foundation dates back hundreds of years before this era, Sufism, and in the novel in particular Mevlevism, continues to exist today. The novel Suskunlar deals with the state of astonishment as the manifestation of marvel, one of the concepts of Sufism. The main protagonist of the novel, as the title suggests, is the “Suskunlar” represented by Plato, who first experiences marifet, rises from marifet to the state of astonishment and reaches silence. In this article will try to show how wonder is described as the mode of silence in the novel.
Ney, Mevlevism, sufism, Silents, wonder.