Constructions of Femininity in Nationalist Women’s Literature during the Transition from the Empire to the Republic: Novels by Halide Edib Adıvar and Müfide Ferit Tek (1912–1924)

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Constructions of Femininity in Nationalist Women’s Literature during the Transition from the Empire to the Republic: Novels by Halide Edib Adıvar and Müfide Ferit Tek (1912–1924)

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Setenay Nil Doğan

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Istanbul University

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Genel Türk Tarihi (Diğer)

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Yakın Dönem Türkiye Araştırmaları Issue 47, pp.243-267

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Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

6/2025

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

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2001355978

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1304-9720

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 This study aims to explore the constructions of femininity and their subsequent transformations in the nationalist womens literature during the transition from the Empire to the Republic by focusing on the novels of two nationalist female authors Halide Edibs New Turan Yeni Turan, 1912, The Shirt of Flame Ateşten Gömlek, 1922 and Strike the Whore Vurun Kahpeye, 1923, and Müfide Ferits Aydemir 1918 and Propellers Pervaneler, 1924. Locating women as central figures in the nationalist projects, these novels point at a diversity of roles assigned to women, and the limitations of their participation as well as the extraordinary circumstances required to transcend them. Female characters are situated within delicate balances between tradition and modernity, East and West, freedom and virtueand are often depicted as detached from other women and familial ties to preserve these balances. Such constructions allowed the authors to portray female protagonists as saviors, theorists and inspirational sources of the nationalist movement, engendering a literary space of freedom and agency for women. The Republican novels, Strike the Whore Vurun Kahpeye and Propellers Pervaneler, however, hint at the closure of that space, and the employment of a different discourse on women within state-basedpost-independence post-colonial nationalisms.

 This study aims to explore the constructions of femininity and their subsequent transformations in the nationalist womens literature during the transition from the Empire to the Republic by focusing on the novels of two nationalist female authors Halide Edibs New Turan Yeni Turan, 1912, The Shirt of Flame Ateşten Gömlek, 1922 and Strike the Whore Vurun Kahpeye, 1923, and Müfide Ferits Aydemir 1918 and Propellers Pervaneler, 1924. Locating women as central figures in the nationalist projects, these novels point at a diversity of roles assigned to women, and the limitations of their participation as well as the extraordinary circumstances required to transcend them. Female characters are situated within delicate balances between tradition and modernity, East and West, freedom and virtueand are often depicted as detached from other women and familial ties to preserve these balances. Such constructions allowed the authors to portray female protagonists as saviors, theorists and inspirational sources of the nationalist movement, engendering a literary space of freedom and agency for women. The Republican novels, Strike the Whore Vurun Kahpeye and Propellers Pervaneler, however, hint at the closure of that space, and the employment of a different discourse on women within state-basedpost-independence post-colonial nationalisms.

 This study aims to explore the constructions of femininity and their subsequent transformations in the nationalist womens literature during the transition from the Empire to the Republic by focusing on the novels of two nationalist female authors Halide Edibs New Turan Yeni Turan, 1912, The Shirt of Flame Ateşten Gömlek, 1922 and Strike the Whore Vurun Kahpeye, 1923, and Müfide Ferits Aydemir 1918 and Propellers Pervaneler, 1924. Locating women as central figures in the nationalist projects, these novels point at a diversity of roles assigned to women, and the limitations of their participation as well as the extraordinary circumstances required to transcend them. Female characters are situated within delicate balances between tradition and modernity, East and West, freedom and virtueand are often depicted as detached from other women and familial ties to preserve these balances. Such constructions allowed the authors to portray female protagonists as saviors, theorists and inspirational sources of the nationalist movement, engendering a literary space of freedom and agency for women. The Republican novels, Strike the Whore Vurun Kahpeye and Propellers Pervaneler, however, hint at the closure of that space, and the employment of a different discourse on women within state-basedpost-independence post-colonial nationalisms.

 İmparatorluktan ulus-devlete geçiş döneminin iki milliyetçi kadın yazarının, Halide Edibin Yeni Turan 1912, Ateşten Gömlek 1922 ve Vurun Kahpeye 1923, Müfide Feritin Aydemir 1918 ve Pervaneler 1924 romanlarını inceleyen bu makale, milliyetçi kadın yazınındaki kadınlık kurgularını ve bu kurguların değişimini incelemeyi amaçlamaktadır. İncelenen eserlerde milliyetçi kadın yazını, bir yandan kadın karakterleri merkeze alırken bir yandan da kadınlara atfedilen milliyetçi rollerin çeşitliliğini, kadınların milliyetçi projelere katılımının sınırlarını ve bu sınırların aşılabileceği istisnai durumları ortaya koymaktadır. Bu milliyetçi romanlarda kadın karakterler geleneksel ile modern, Doğu ile Batı, özgürlük ve namus arasındaki hassas bir denge üzerinde ve bu dengenin korunması adına diğer kadınlardan ve ailevi bağlardan uzak olarak kurgulanmışlardır. Böylece kadın yazarlar, romanlarında onları milliyetçi hareket içinde kurtarıcılığa, düşünürlüğe, ilham kaynaklığına kadar değişik rollerde anlatabilmiş ve onlara bir özgürlük alanı ve faillik sağlayabilmişlerdir. İncelenen eserler arasında ulus-devlet sonrası yazılan Vurun Kahpeye ve Pervaneler ise bu alanın kapandığına ve ulus-devletsömürgecilikbağımsızlık sonrası milliyetçiliklerin kadınlarla kurdukları ilişkilerin farklılığına dair ipuçları içermektedir.

Makale detayları

Constructions of Femininity in Nationalist Women’s Literature during the Transition from the Empire to the Republic: Novels by Halide Edib Adıvar and Müfide Ferit Tek (1912–1924)

Yazarlar:

Setenay Nil Doğan

Yayıncı:

Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar:

Genel Türk Tarihi (Diğer)

Dergi:

Yakın Dönem Türkiye Araştırmaları Issue 47, pp.243-267

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

6/2025

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001355978

pISSN:

1304-9720

Turkish Nationalism

Constructions of Femininity

Women’s Literature

Halide Edib Adıvar

Müfide Ferit TekTürk Milliyetçiliği

Kadınlık Kurguları

Kadın Yazını

Halide Edib Adıvar

Müfide Ferit Tek

Sayı

Makale detayları

Yazarlar: Setenay Nil Doğan

Yayıncı: Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar: Genel Türk Tarihi (Diğer)

Dergi: Yakın Dönem Türkiye Araştırmaları Issue 47, pp.243-267

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 6/2025

Belge Dili: Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.): 2001355978

pISSN: 1304-9720

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Setenay Nil Doğan

Yayıncı:

Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar:

Genel Türk Tarihi (Diğer)

Dergi:

Yakın Dönem Türkiye Araştırmaları Issue 47, pp.243-267

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

6/2025

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001355978

pISSN:

1304-9720