Classical Turkish literature and Eastern Islamic sources in the post-2000 Turkish novel

In this study, the use of Classical Turkish Literature and Eastern-Islamic sources in the Turkish novel between 2000 and 2025 is presented in the light of various theories and terms. In the first part, the theoretical framework of the novel, the historical course and the political and social changes affecting the Turkish novel after 2000 are emphasized. This chapter also provides information about the changing literary life under the influence of "popular culture" and "social media". At the end of the chapter, the general framework of the post-2000 Turkish novel, which constitutes the sample period of the thesis, is presented and the historical background, which has an important place in the realization of the subject to be discussed, is completed. In the second chapter, information about the source was given in order to understand what the source meant by the thesis is. Starting from Central Asian Turkish history, the main values and sources that constitute the field of culture and literature in the Ottoman Empire have been identified. Here, it is also determined what the source to be sought in novels is. In the light of all these determinations, in the third chapter, the sources of Classical Turkish Literature under the headings of "Language Material", "Manifestations of Social Life", "Religion and Religious Terminology", "History, Mythology, Epic, Legend, Narrative" and "Fine Arts" were revealed with examples from novels. With the presentation of the data, the answer to the question "What did Classical Turkish Literature and the use of Eastern-Islamic sources do in the novel?", which constitutes one of the hypotheses of the thesis, is sought in the last chapter within the framework of self-orientalism and occidentalism.