Turkish Novel in the Republican Era an 'Object' Oriented Approach to Consumption Culture

Yunus Alıcı

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Turkish Novel in the Republican Era an 'Object' Oriented Approach to Consumption Culture

Yazarlar:

Yunus Alıcı

Yayıncı:

Hacettepe University

Ana Başlıklar:

Türkiye Sahası Yeni Türk Edebiyatı

Dergi:

Türkbilig Vol.2025 Issue 49, pp.473-497

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

6/2025

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001352167

pISSN:

1302-6011

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 When the history of humanity is analysed, it is seen that human beings have always been in the act of consuming in order to sustain their existence. At first, human beings consumed for their needs and in line with their needs with a focus on utility, but over time, especially after the Industrial Revolution, as if hypnotised, consumption itself became a need. While this process gave birth to capitalism, in this process, human beings became orientated towards objects not for their functions and benefits, but for purposes such as providingreflecting status through them and not missing out on fashion. The aforementioned global process is also present in the Ottoman EmpireTurkey from the 1900s onwards in parallel with the world and by increasing its impact over the years. Looking at the literary work which always embodies the sociological reality and more specifically the Turkish novel, the subject of tendency to consumption draws attention in the Servet-i Fünûn period, specifically in Halit Ziyas works. In parallel with the functioning of consumption in society, the number of novels in which consumption culture is exemplified increases in the Turkish literature of the Republican period. In addition to the increase in number, the treatment of the subject becomes deeper and more multidimensional. In this study, which deals with the treatment of the culture of consumption in the Turkish novel of the Republican period -in order to limit the date range and to examine a specific period-, approximately forty novels that are commonly accepted to be modernist were scanned and an exemplification was reached through eight novels in which traces of the culture of consumption were found.

 When the history of humanity is analysed, it is seen that human beings have always been in the act of consuming in order to sustain their existence. At first, human beings consumed for their needs and in line with their needs with a focus on utility, but over time, especially after the Industrial Revolution, as if hypnotised, consumption itself became a need. While this process gave birth to capitalism, in this process, human beings became orientated towards objects not for their functions and benefits, but for purposes such as providingreflecting status through them and not missing out on fashion. The aforementioned global process is also present in the Ottoman EmpireTurkey from the 1900s onwards in parallel with the world and by increasing its impact over the years. Looking at the literary work which always embodies the sociological reality and more specifically the Turkish novel, the subject of tendency to consumption draws attention in the Servet-i Fünûn period, specifically in Halit Ziyas works. In parallel with the functioning of consumption in society, the number of novels in which consumption culture is exemplified increases in the Turkish literature of the Republican period. In addition to the increase in number, the treatment of the subject becomes deeper and more multidimensional. In this study, which deals with the treatment of the culture of consumption in the Turkish novel of the Republican period -in order to limit the date range and to examine a specific period-, approximately forty novels that are commonly accepted to be modernist were scanned and an exemplification was reached through eight novels in which traces of the culture of consumption were found.

 When the history of humanity is analysed, it is seen that human beings have always been in the act of consuming in order to sustain their existence. At first, human beings consumed for their needs and in line with their needs with a focus on utility, but over time, especially after the Industrial Revolution, as if hypnotised, consumption itself became a need. While this process gave birth to capitalism, in this process, human beings became orientated towards objects not for their functions and benefits, but for purposes such as providingreflecting status through them and not missing out on fashion. The aforementioned global process is also present in the Ottoman EmpireTurkey from the 1900s onwards in parallel with the world and by increasing its impact over the years. Looking at the literary work which always embodies the sociological reality and more specifically the Turkish novel, the subject of tendency to consumption draws attention in the Servet-i Fünûn period, specifically in Halit Ziyas works. In parallel with the functioning of consumption in society, the number of novels in which consumption culture is exemplified increases in the Turkish literature of the Republican period. In addition to the increase in number, the treatment of the subject becomes deeper and more multidimensional. In this study, which deals with the treatment of the culture of consumption in the Turkish novel of the Republican period -in order to limit the date range and to examine a specific period-, approximately forty novels that are commonly accepted to be modernist were scanned and an exemplification was reached through eight novels in which traces of the culture of consumption were found.

 İnsanlık tarihine bakıldığında en başından bugüne, insanın, varoluşunu sürdürmek adına daima tüketme eylemi içinde olduğu görülür. Önceleri ihtiyaçları için ve ihtiyaçları doğrultusunda fayda odağıyla tüketime yönelen insanoğlu, zaman içerisinde -bilhassa Sanayi Devrimi ertesinde- hipnotize olmuşçasına, doğrudan, tüketmenin kendisini bir ihtiyaç hâline getirir. Bu süreç kapitalizmi doğururken, bu süreçte insan, nesnelere fonksiyonları ve faydaları için değil, onlar üzerinden statü sağlamayansıtma ve modayı kaçırmama gibi gayelerle yönelir hâle gelir. Söz konusu global süreç Osmanlı DevletiTürkiyede de 1900lü yıllardan itibaren dünyaya paralel bir şekilde ve yıllar içerisinde etkisini arttırarak varlık gösterir. Sosyolojik gerçekliği daima bünyesinde barındıran edebiyat eserine ve daha özelde Türk romanına bakıldığında, özellikle Servet-i Fünûn döneminde -daha çok Halit Ziyanın eserlerinde- ve sonraki dönemde tüketimin söz konusu olduğu romanlar varlık gösterir. Tüketimin toplumdaki işleyişine paralel olarak tüketim kültürünün örneklendiği romanlar, esas itibarıyla Cumhuriyet dönemi Türk edebiyatında sayıca artar. Sayıca artmanın yanı sıra konunun işlenişi de derinlikli ve çok boyutlu bir hâle gelir. Cumhuriyet dönemi Türk romanında tüketim kültürünün işlenişini ele alan bu çalışmada -tarih aralığını sınırlandırmak ve belirli bir dönemi incelemek adına- modernist olduğu konusunda ortak kabul gören yaklaşık kırk roman taranarak tüketim kültürünün izlerine rastlanan sekiz roman üzerinden bir örneklendirmeye varılmıştır.

Makale detayları

Turkish Novel in the Republican Era an 'Object' Oriented Approach to Consumption Culture

Yazarlar:

Yunus Alıcı

Yayıncı:

Hacettepe University

Ana Başlıklar:

Türkiye Sahası Yeni Türk Edebiyatı

Dergi:

Türkbilig Vol.2025 Issue 49, pp.473-497

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

6/2025

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001352167

pISSN:

1302-6011

Consumer culture

capitalism

objects

things

modernist novel.Tüketim kültürü

kapitalizm

nesneler

eşya

modernist roman.

Sayı

Makale detayları

Yazarlar: Yunus Alıcı

Yayıncı: Hacettepe University

Ana Başlıklar: Türkiye Sahası Yeni Türk Edebiyatı

Dergi: Türkbilig Vol.2025 Issue 49, pp.473-497

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 6/2025

Belge Dili: Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.): 2001352167

pISSN: 1302-6011

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Yunus Alıcı

Yayıncı:

Hacettepe University

Ana Başlıklar:

Türkiye Sahası Yeni Türk Edebiyatı

Dergi:

Türkbilig Vol.2025 Issue 49, pp.473-497

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

6/2025

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001352167

pISSN:

1302-6011