Romanda Birinci Dünya Savaşı
The First World War in the Novels

Summary/Abstract: There is an increase in the amount of the historical novels in Turkish Literature since 1990. This increase has accelerated during the 2000s. Some of these novels are on the World War I era, and some of them focus on the individual fronts of the war. Çanakkale and Sarıkamış fronts are the most important ones among these fronts. There are around 60 novels on the Çanakkale front, and some 25 novels on the Sarıkamış front. This article focuses on the WWI novels in the Turkish Literature. Especially three novels are evaluated in detail. These novels are as follows: 1. 58 Gün, Mustafa Kemal ile Filistin’den Anayurdun Dağlarına (58 Days – From Palestine to the Homeland together with Mustafa Kemal), Mustafa Yıldırım, 2. Azap Günlerinde Harput-Yemen-Sarıkamış (Harput-Yemen-Sarıkamış: Painful Days), Zekeriyya Bican, 3. Paylaşılamayan Topraklar (Lands That Cannot be Left), M. Talât Uzunyaylalı.

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