CELAL BAYAR, SUKRU SARACOĞLU AND ADNAN MENDERES IN NOVELS ON NATIONAL STRUGGLE Cover Image

MİLLÎ MÜCADELE KONULU ROMANLARDA CELÂL BAYAR, ŞÜKRÜ SARACOĞLU VE ADNAN MENDERES
CELAL BAYAR, SUKRU SARACOĞLU AND ADNAN MENDERES IN NOVELS ON NATIONAL STRUGGLE

Author(s): Betül Öztoprak
Subject(s): Military history, Social history, Novel, Turkish Literature, The Ottoman Empire
Published by: Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü
Keywords: Turkish novel; National Struggle; Celal Bayar; Adnan Menderes; Sukru Saracoglu;

Summary/Abstract: The Ottoman Empire, living in its most glorious period in the 16th century but starting to pause at the end of the century, was in a difficult situation with great losses in its first years in the 20th century. The Balkan wars (1912-1913) that followed the revolt against the Ottoman Empire of the Balkan nations as a result of the Russians' provocations following the war of Trablusgarp (1912) and the Balkan wars that followed and the Mondros Truce signed on October 30, 1918 after the defeat in World War I (1914-1918) one step closer to the demolition of the Ottoman Empire .The army is demobilized, the weapons are seized in country, the defense force was completely broken. The people were tired of the overturned war, their confidence in the state was shaken and they lost their hopes for the future. The power to pass them back to action is the “efe’s” leaded by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. They also lead to bringing together the people who were in public and who were oppressed and who were beside the oppressed. After the armistice, when the anatolian occupation was started to be established in various parts of the country, Yörük Ali Efe, Demirci Mehmet Efe, Gökçen Efe, Kıllıoğlu Hüseyin efe etc. are brought to power as leaders of ”Kuvayımilliye”. The one who drives them in this way is the Volunteer Officers of the scattered army and members of the “Ittihat ve Terakki”, full of homeland love. Once, leaders who were in Ittihat ve Terakki party, then located on a voluntary basis in homeland defense in the face of occupation of the country, the Republic of Turkey president, prime minister and served as in various ministries Mahmut Celâl Bayar, Adnan Menderes, Şükrü Saraçoğlu, Mahmut Esat Bozkurt etc. politicians at national the case is the front row. The politicians who bet on this article will discuss the situation in the years of national struggle, the decisions they made against the occupation of the country, the fights they have given and how they reflect on the Turkish novels and the country against the national struggle leaders who defend the country against not only theoretical but also with guns in their hands against enemies, will reveal the views of the authors.

  • Issue Year: 17/2019
  • Issue No: 03
  • Page Range: 18-42
  • Page Count: 25
  • Language: Turkish