THE TURKISH AND ARMENIAN IMAGE IN MARKAR ESAYAN'S NARROW ROOM OF PRESENT AND ENCOUNTER3
Research Article
THE TURKISH AND ARMENIAN IMAGE IN MARKAR ESAYAN'S NARROW ROOM OF PRESENT AND ENCOUNTER3
ABSTRACT
It is unthinkable that the Armenian Issue, which is constantly on the agenda, is not reflected in literary
works. The fact that especially difficult times have been experienced also requires literary expression.
Although Markar Esayan did not experience the Armenian Relocation (1915) himself, he is indirectly
affected as the third generation. It also directly experiences the reflections of the issue in the present. At the
same that he lived together in Turkey, written in Turkish, he has made very recently in Parliament and has
died in this land as his literary works are valued in terms of Turkish-Armenian relations. It can be said that
Markar Esayan, born in 1969, represents the new generation among Armenian writers who wrote in
Turkish. In this article, the recently published Narrow Room of Present (2004) and Encounter (2007),
written by Markar Esayan in novel genre, will be examined in terms of the reflection of Turkish and
Armenian images on the reality of the novel. The novels analyzed in terms of images have an intense content
for Turks and Armenians. This situation is much easier to notice in Encounter. The publication of the
Encounter in September 2007 after the assassination of Hrant Dink (19 January 2007) and its dedication to
Hrant Dink is important for research. Therefore, it is seen that the author creates more distinctive images in
his novel and his focus on the Armenian image in Encounter may be interpreted. Different dimensions
were discussed while examining the images in the work. One of them is confrontation with Armenian
Relocation that this is in two ways: Gomidas Vartabed’s drama and Mr Rakım’s Armenian hostility.
Another dimension in the work is; It is the story of two Armenians, one of them saints, and the other of his
followers, who struggled to help the minorities who were in trouble with the Wealth Tax Law of 1942. In
Narrow Room of Present, although the Armenian characters are more than the Turks, the imagery of the
Turkish image is more intense than the Armenian image.
ÖNEM, M.,
&
KARATAŞ, T.,
(2020). THE TURKISH AND ARMENIAN IMAGE IN MARKAR ESAYAN'S NARROW ROOM OF PRESENT AND ENCOUNTER3. International Journal of Education and Philology, 1(2), 65-77. Arrival Date Posted By:https://ijep.ibupress.com/articles/the-turkish-and-armenian-image-in-markar-esayan-s-narrow-room-of-present-and-encounter3
