Cemil Kavukçu as a novelist

Cemil Kavukçu is one of the important writers of Turkish literature that developed after 1980. The artist, who produced works in genres such as short stories, novels, essays, memoirs, and children's literature, was known for his works in the genre of short stories and earned the title of "storyteller". A prolific writer, Cemil Kavukçu was influenced by names such as Sait Faik, Memduh Şevket Esendal, and Oğuz Atay in terms of the language and style he used in his works. In addition, the texts written by Kavukçu, who has the competence and perspective of producing works in many genres of our literature, have been the subject of examination and research. This situation caused the author's "novelist" identity to remain in the background. Cemil Kavukçu switched to a new genre after 6 storybooks with his novel Dönüş since 1998.The author, who wrote Suda Bulanık Oyunlar in 2004 after Dönüş, enters the maturation phase in a novel that is a new genre for him, with the novel Gamba published in December 2005. It is an undeniable fact that the author's success in the genre of short stories on the axis of Turkish literature. However, to think of Kavukçu as a single genre writer would be unfair to him and his authorship. As a matter of fact, examining his three novels, Dönüş, Suda Bulanık Oyunlar and Gamba from a scientific and literary perspective is important for our literary history and the novelist identity of the author. From this point of view, the subject of our research will be the novelist aspect and novels of Cemil Kavukçu, who gave the title to his master's thesis. In the introductory part of our study, first of all, the birth and development of the novel genre in Western literature will be mentioned.Then, the historical course of the novel genre in Turkish literature will be emphasized. In the introduction, the post-1980 Turkish novel, in which Cemil Kavukçu is in particular, and the concepts of modern/postmodern novel will be emphasized. In the first part, in the first place, Cemil Kavukçu's birth, childhood and youth years, family, marriage and business life will be discussed. In these parts, the factors affecting the authorship and literary personality of the artist will be mentioned. Then, Kavukçu's literary personality will be explained and finally his works will be included. In the second part, the main subject of the thesis will be focused on the novels Dön, Suda Bulanık Oyunlar and Gamba written by Cemil Kavukçu. The novels will be analyzed in a detailed and systematic way, and Kavukçu's novelist identity will be revealed.During the analysis, scientific and literary analysis methods of Şerif Aktaş and Nurullah Çetin will be used. Keywords: Cemil Kavukçu, novel, analysis, Dönüş, Suda Bulanık Oyunlar, Gamba