Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
FOLKLOR/EDEBIYAT-FOLKLORE/LITERATURE, cilt.31, sa.2, ss.367-390, 2025 (ESCI)
Erc & uuml;ment Ekrem Talu (1888-1956), who was the son of Recaizade Mahmut Ekrem, a notable artist of the Tanzimat Period, holds a significant place in Turkish literary history as a journalist, writer, poet, and thinker. Actively writing both in the late Ottoman and early Republican eras, Talu supports the War of Independence and adopts a nationalist and reformist stance, aligning his works with the general policies of the new regime. In this context, he portrays the individuals who shape the commercial, cultural, and political atmosphere of the social structure in both periods in his works with a cosmopolitan perspective and as realistically and objectively as possible. Foreign nationals, who often display stereotypical characteristics, are sometimes characterized as opposing forces and sometimes as constructive elements, depending on the content of the works. The aim of this study is to interpret Talu's various works within the framework of the theory of cosmopolitanism, in the context of sociological and literary variables. In the study, I focused on text-centered readings as a method and occasionally benefited from sociological and historical data due to the necessity of comparison with the sociocultural structure of the period. The analyses revealed that the widespread or ethnic groups forming the cosmopolitan structure of society generally consist of character types with similar traits, and they predominantly appear in fields such as trade, slavery/service, healthcare, and politics, thereby shaping the fictional and thematic structure of the works.