Cold War masculinities in Turkish literature: A survey of March 12 novels
Günay-Erkol, C.
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Cold War Masculinities in Turkish Literature:
A Survey of March 12 Novels
Proefschrift
ter verkrijging van
de graad van Doctor aan de Universiteit Leiden op gezag van Rector Magnificus prof.mr. P.F. van der Heijden
volgens besluit van het College voor Promoties te verdedigen op dinsdag 25 November 2008
klokke 13.45 uur door
C ¸ imen G¨ unay-Erkol
geboren te Ankara, Turkey in 23 November 1977
Promotiecommissie
Promotoren: Prof. dr. E.J. van Alphen Prof. dr. E.J. Z¨urcher
Referent: Prof. dr. V.R. Holbrook (Ohio State University) Overige leden: Dr. M. Aydemir (University of Amsterdam)
Dr. P. de Bruijn Prof. dr. M. van Crevel Dr. P.W.J. Verstraten
Contents
Introduction 1
Dominant trends in reading the March 12 novel . . . 14
What is ‘new’ in this study of the ‘old’ March 12 novel? . . . 24
Theoretical foundations of my reading . . . 34
The March 12 novel revisited . . . 41
1 Under the Hammer Victimized Men as a Stable Ground (1972-1974) 49 1.1 B¨uy¨uk G¨ozaltı . . . 56
1.2 Yaralısın . . . 77
1.3 ˙Isa’nın G¨uncesi . . . 99
2 Masculinity is in the Eye of the Beholder Women Writers’ March 12 (1975-1977) 121 2.1 S¸afak . . . 129
2.2 Sancı . . . 151
2.3 Yarın Yarın . . . 174
2.4 Zor . . . 196 iii
iv CONTENTS
3 Masculinities, Femininities, and the Military
The Impossible Modus Vivendi (1979) 219
3.1 Gen¸cli˘gim Eyvah . . . 224 3.2 Bir D¨u˘g¨un Gecesi . . . 244
Conclusion 269
Bibliography 287
Appendices 302
A Novels published in Turkey between 1970 and 1980 303
B Selected List of Post-1980 March 12 Novels 313
C March 12 in Pictures 315
Summary 327
Curriculum Vitae 331
Acknowledgments 333
Index 335
List of Figures
C.1 Front page of Cumhuriyet on March 13, 1971. . . 316
C.2 Prime Minister S¨uleyman Demirel of Justice Party. . . 316
C.3 Street riots in 1970s. . . 317
C.4 Ministers Necmettin Erbakan, S¨uleyman Demirel, and Alparslan T¨urke¸s. . . 317
C.5 Deniz Gezmi¸s going to the courtroom. . . 318
C.6 Deniz Gezmi¸s, Yusuf Aslan, and H¨useyin ˙Inan. . . 318
C.7 C¸etin Altan (b.1927). . . 319
C.8 C¸etin Altan released from prison on December 27, 1973. . . 319
C.9 Erdal ¨Oz (1935-2006). . . 320
C.10 Melih Cevdet Anday (1915-2002). . . 320
C.11 Students clashing with the police. The graffiti criticizes the transfer of the state industry to private ownership: it reads “Industry must be state owned.” . . . 321
C.12 Sevgi Soysal (1936-1976) with her daughter. . . 321
C.13 Emine I¸sınsu (b. 1938). . . 322
C.14 Sevin¸c C¸okum (b.1943). . . 322 v
vi LIST OF FIGURES
C.15 March 12 was an era of overcrowded trials of students. . . 323
C.16 Pınar K¨ur (b.1943). . . 323
C.17 Street riots. . . 324
C.18 Adalet A˘gao˘glu (b.1929). . . 324
C.19 Tarık Bu˘gra (1918-1994). . . 325
C.20 Front page of Cumhuriyet on May 2, 1977. . . 325
List of Tables
A.1 Novels published in Turkey between 1970 and 1980. . . 303 B.1 Selected List of Post-1980 March 12 Novels. . . 313
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