Identity search in Alev Alatlı's and Elif Şafak's novels

Of two modern authors, Alev Alatlı?s ?Yaseminler Tüter mi, Hala?, İşkenceci, Kadere Karşı Koy A.Ş. , OR?DA KİMSE VAR MI ? (1. Novel Viva La Muerte!, 2. Novel `NUKE? TÜRKİYE!, 3. Novel VALLA, KURDA YEDİRDİN BENİ! 4. Novel O.K. MUSTİ, TÜRKİYE TAMAMDIR. ) SCHRÖDİNGER?İN KEDİSİ (1.Novel Kabus, 2. Novel Rüya)? and Elif Şafak?s ? PİNHAN, ŞEHRİN AYNALARI, MAHREM, BİT PALAS, ARAF, BABA VE PİÇ?, published till the end of 2007 were analyzed in the study in terms of identity seek (identity concept, identity crisis, alienation). The aim is to reveal their views about the identity concept and how these two authors discuss this issue in their works within the same historical process.A text-based method of analysis was pursued in the study; the figures in the works were analyzed in terms of their identities and identity search. The influence of postmodernism, predominant in the late Turkish novel, can be detected in both novels. As many authors did, Alev Alatlı and Elif Şafak predominantly used ?identity concept? in their works, which can be regarded as a modern issue,As a result of this study, it was found out that both authors predominantly dealt with the concept ?identity search?. The approaches of these two authors of different education and cultural background to ?identity search? exhibits similarities. Still, it was concluded that they overly differ by their focal points, discussion styles and reflections of the backgrounds in the works.