Howard Brenton’ın Lawrence After Arabia Oyununda Türk İmgesi Üzerine Post-Truth Bir Okuma
A Post-Truth Reading on Turkish Image in Howard Brenton’s Lawrence After Arabia

Summary/Abstract: The history of the Turks is very old. The history of lies in politics is equally long-standing. So much so that just as it is impossible to write history without mentioning the Turkish name, it is also impossible to write political history without mentioning lies and intrigues. Since the eleventh century, Turks have generally been characterized by the West as the enemy and the other since they are seen as a dominant subject at the crossroads of history. In this regard, what has remained the same throughout history is that a stereotypical image of the Turks, which is unfavorable, has been primarily processed in the literature of the West. What has changed is that the name of this onesided fictional image, which is a part of colonialist power games, has been updated as post-truth rather than lie in the twenty-first century. The British playwright Howard Brenton is one of the playwrights who continue to present this clichéd image on stage in contemporary theatre. This essay investigates stereotypical depictions of Turks in Brenton's Lawrence After Arabia as a post-truth discourse of the imperial West.

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