RELATION OF LITERATURE AND POLITICS IN TURKEY FROM TANZIMAT TO THE REPUBLIC

Abstract

Literature is one of the important means of expressing and understanding the human being, the society, the individual, and the universe in their singular or holistic existence as well as the mutual relationships existing therein. There is no doubt that literature plays an indispensable role in the effort to express and make sense of the cultural world that man has created for himself. Various genres, such as mythological poetry, poetry, story, and novels, among others, developed in the field of literature in different societies throughout the ages.