Syntax in Reşat Nuri Güntekin's Green Night novel

Turkish language is one of the languages that has existed and preserved its existence in wide geographies and for centuries. The emergence, survival and development of a language is directly proportional to the strength of the language-nation relationship. Language and culture are two important elements that enable the formation and maintenance of national identity. It is the language that transmits culture to future generations. The elements that make up a language are the sound system, structural features, syntax and vocabulary of that language. Syntax, which is one of the elements that constitute the basic ambiguities of the language, is especially important in terms of showing the style of the poets and writers who make art using that language and the way the language is used. In this context, artists who work with the language both reveal how they use the language in a literary sense and transfer the features of the language to the next generations through the literary works they create. In this regard, syntax studies are of great importance. Within the scope of syntax studies, Reşat Nuri Güntekin; He is one of our important writers who contributed to Turkish with his use of language, style and syntax features. For this purpose, the artist's novel Green Night was examined in terms of syntax. Sentences in the work; They were discussed under the headings of word groups, sentence types, sentence elements, and these topics covered by syntax were evaluated by classifying various sources. Keywords: Turkish Syntax, Word Groups, Sentence, Reşat Nuri Güntekin, Green Night.