Disabled Veteran Characters in Turkish Literature from the Armistice through the Republican Period and the Perception of Disabled Veterans

Mehmet Beşikçi

Makale detayları

Disabled Veteran Characters in Turkish Literature from the Armistice through the Republican Period and the Perception of Disabled Veterans

Yazarlar:

Mehmet Beşikçi

Yayıncı:

Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar:

Genel Türk Tarihi (Diğer)

Dergi:

Yakın Dönem Türkiye Araştırmaları Issue 45, pp.169-207

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

5/2024

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001324738

pISSN:

1304-9720

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Özet:

 From a historians point of view, this article focuses on how the disabled veterans of the Ten-Year War 1912-1922 were represented in Turkish literature from the Armistice through the Republican periods. Dealing specifically with novels and stories, the article discusses that the existing approach to disabled veterans, which was quite problematic in the era under study, was also reflected in the literary texts produced in this period. On the other hand, these literary texts themselves were among the factors that shaped this troubled perception. In that respect, the article underlines three main problems. First, ableist biases and the masculine perspective fed by militarist motifs led to the creation of a stereotyped disabled veteran character in literary texts; in this stereotype, disabled veterans are regarded as incompatible with the image of an ideal masculine soldier. Second, instead of being analyzed in depth within their own real and complex contexts, disabled veteran characters are usually used as auxiliary elements to strengthen a different message in the political-ideological agenda of authors and their texts. Third, as a result of ableist biases, disabled veteran characters were always obliged to achieve extraordinary duties in these literary texts, as if they needed to do this to compensate for their physical deficiencies. Though the main focus of the article is the early Republican era 1923-1946, it extends its time period until 1981; it also deals with the social realist literary perspective in order to make a comparison.

 From a historians point of view, this article focuses on how the disabled veterans of the Ten-Year War 1912-1922 were represented in Turkish literature from the Armistice through the Republican periods. Dealing specifically with novels and stories, the article discusses that the existing approach to disabled veterans, which was quite problematic in the era under study, was also reflected in the literary texts produced in this period. On the other hand, these literary texts themselves were among the factors that shaped this troubled perception. In that respect, the article underlines three main problems. First, ableist biases and the masculine perspective fed by militarist motifs led to the creation of a stereotyped disabled veteran character in literary texts; in this stereotype, disabled veterans are regarded as incompatible with the image of an ideal masculine soldier. Second, instead of being analyzed in depth within their own real and complex contexts, disabled veteran characters are usually used as auxiliary elements to strengthen a different message in the political-ideological agenda of authors and their texts. Third, as a result of ableist biases, disabled veteran characters were always obliged to achieve extraordinary duties in these literary texts, as if they needed to do this to compensate for their physical deficiencies. Though the main focus of the article is the early Republican era 1923-1946, it extends its time period until 1981; it also deals with the social realist literary perspective in order to make a comparison.

 From a historians point of view, this article focuses on how the disabled veterans of the Ten-Year War 1912-1922 were represented in Turkish literature from the Armistice through the Republican periods. Dealing specifically with novels and stories, the article discusses that the existing approach to disabled veterans, which was quite problematic in the era under study, was also reflected in the literary texts produced in this period. On the other hand, these literary texts themselves were among the factors that shaped this troubled perception. In that respect, the article underlines three main problems. First, ableist biases and the masculine perspective fed by militarist motifs led to the creation of a stereotyped disabled veteran character in literary texts; in this stereotype, disabled veterans are regarded as incompatible with the image of an ideal masculine soldier. Second, instead of being analyzed in depth within their own real and complex contexts, disabled veteran characters are usually used as auxiliary elements to strengthen a different message in the political-ideological agenda of authors and their texts. Third, as a result of ableist biases, disabled veteran characters were always obliged to achieve extraordinary duties in these literary texts, as if they needed to do this to compensate for their physical deficiencies. Though the main focus of the article is the early Republican era 1923-1946, it extends its time period until 1981; it also deals with the social realist literary perspective in order to make a comparison.

 Bu makale, bir tarihçi bakış açısından, On Yıllı Harp döneminin 1912-1922 malûl gazilerinin Mütarekeden Cumhuriyete uzanan süreçte Türk edebiyatında nasıl temsil edildiklerine odaklanmaktadır. Spesifik olarak roman ve hikâye türündeki metinleri ele alan makale, Türkiyedeki sorunlu malûl gazi algısının bir yandan söz konusu dönemin edebiyatına da yansıdığını, ama diğer yandan bu sorunlu algınının şekillendirici faktörlerinden birinin de bizatihi bu edebî metinlerin olduğunu tartışmaktadır. Bu açıdan makalede başlıca üç sorunun altı çizilmektedir. Bunlardan biri, sakatlara yönelik sağlamcı önyargıların ve militarist motiflerin beslediği eril bakış açısının bir tür kalıp yargı malûl gazi tiplemesi ürettiğidir; bu kalıp yargıda malûl gaziler ideal erkek asker imgesiyle uyumsuz addedilir. İkinci sorun, malûl gazi tiplemeleri derinlemesine ve kendi gerçek ve karmaşık kontekstlerinde analiz edilen edebî karakterler olmaktan ziyade, genellikle yazarın ve metnin kendi siyasî-ideolojik gündemi içerisinde vurgulamak istediği başka bir mesajı kuvvetlendirmeye yarayan yan unsurlar olarak kullanılırlar. Üçüncü sorun ise sağlamcı önyargıların bir sonucu olarak, edebî metinlerdeki malûl gazi tiplemeleri, sanki bedensel eksikliklerini telafi etmek için buna mecburlarmış gibi, hep olağanüstü işler başarmak zorunda bırakılırlar. Makale ağırlıklı olarak Cumhuriyetin kuruluş dönemine 1923-1946 odaklanmakla birlikte, toplumcu gerçekçi edebî metinlerle bir mukayese yapma adına 1981e kadar uzanmaktadır.

Makale detayları

Disabled Veteran Characters in Turkish Literature from the Armistice through the Republican Period and the Perception of Disabled Veterans

Yazarlar:

Mehmet Beşikçi

Yayıncı:

Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar:

Genel Türk Tarihi (Diğer)

Dergi:

Yakın Dönem Türkiye Araştırmaları Issue 45, pp.169-207

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

5/2024

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001324738

pISSN:

1304-9720

Disabled Veteran

Ableist Biases

Ten-Year War

Perception of Disability

Turkish LiteratureMalûl Gazi

Sağlamcı Önyargılar

On Yıllı Harp

Malûl Algısı

Türk Edebiyatı

Sayı

Makale detayları

Yazarlar: Mehmet Beşikçi

Yayıncı: Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar: Genel Türk Tarihi (Diğer)

Dergi: Yakın Dönem Türkiye Araştırmaları Issue 45, pp.169-207

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 5/2024

Belge Dili: Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.): 2001324738

pISSN: 1304-9720

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Mehmet Beşikçi

Yayıncı:

Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar:

Genel Türk Tarihi (Diğer)

Dergi:

Yakın Dönem Türkiye Araştırmaları Issue 45, pp.169-207

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

5/2024

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001324738

pISSN:

1304-9720