Ülkü Ayşe Oğuzhan

Keywords: Modernization, Westernization, Modernization in Turkey, Turkish Novel in The Republican Period

Abstract

İt is seen that modernism in Turkiye became true as a social project whereas it is realized as a natural process interms of historical, social, economic and cultural conditions in West. İn the leadership of elite&bureaucrat groups, this project's reflections on social life have also been considered in the novel so. İn this study in order to determine how Westernization is considered in Turkish novel, during the first years of Republic Period, "Kiralık Konak", "Sözde Kızlar", & "Yaprak Dökümü" have been examined in detail.