GREEK IDENTITY IN THE CONTEXT OF 'I' AND 'OTHER' IN CEVAT ŞAKIR'S FICTIONAL WORKS
Research Article
GREEK IDENTITY IN THE CONTEXT OF 'I' AND 'OTHER' IN CEVAT ŞAKIR'S FICTIONAL WORKS
ABSTRACT
In the 1940’s, names such as Cevat Şakir, Azra Erhat, Sabahattin Eyüboğlu, who tried to highlight
Anatolia as the cradle of civilizations and the accumulation center of cultures, started the Blue
Anatolians’ movement. In his writings, Blue Anatolian’s emphasize that Anatolia is the real owner of
the values that the West has attributed to Greek culture for hundreds of years. Cevat Şakir, the pioneer
of the movement, wrote many articles to show the richness of Anatolian culture and civilization. As the
common point of these articles, we can say that a strong image of "me" and "the other" is drawn.
Whatever was produced in Ionia on subjects such as culture, civilization, art and science belongs to
Anatolia. While Western Anatolia/Ionia is taken as "me", Greece is positioned as the "other". While
almost all of his writings have this contrast, he makes comparisons in his novels and stories, albeit a
little, over the Greek and Turkish types. In this study, the reflections of Greek identity were tried to be determined in Cevat Şakir's novels and
stories, most of which took place on the Aegean coasts and islands, and partly in Istanbul, then, the
ideal "me" and the negated "other" image was evaluated, in Turgut Reis and Uluç Reis novels in which
he criticized the Western world in many ways.
KONAR, H.,
(2021). GREEK IDENTITY IN THE CONTEXT OF 'I' AND 'OTHER' IN CEVAT ŞAKIR'S FICTIONAL WORKS. International Journal of Education and Philology, 2(1), 59-68. Arrival Date Posted By:https://ijep.ibupress.com/articles/greek-identity-in-the-context-of-i-and-other-in-cevat-sakir-s-fictional-works
