Violence in the Turkish novel in the Republic Period between 1980-2000

Violence is as old as human history. In time, with socio-cultural, political or economic factors even though it has changed socially or intercommunally, unfortunately it has not disappeared completely. It is inevitable that a phenomenon like violence that we live in, nourish and get used to gains visibility in the literature field. Among the literary genres, especially in our novels that reflect the society and the individual, all types of violence from the past to the present can be seen. However, violence which was treated as a subtopic in the early periods became the main theme in the 1980's and 2000's novels. Between 1980-2000 this phenomenon was expressed in terms of coups, censorship, economic crises, global wars, ideological reckoning of the intellectuals, increasing women's movements and family conflicts. In this period, violence became an issue that especially the writers who adopted the socialist-realistic understanding of art were closely interested in. In other words, writers involved in political fights, while setting out to tell about violence, turned the novel into a medium of violence as a supporter of polarization. In this context, the literary value of novels dealing with politics didn't get enough importance. In this study we call "Violence in the Turkish Novel in the Republican Period Between 1980-2000", we tried to answer such questions as "How is the reflection of violence on the novel with the effect of historical processes and social changes" and "In what situation did the novel turn into a medium in which violence was transferred?".