HALİDE ALPTEKİN’İN AĞLAMA TUNA ROMANINDA BALKAN TÜRKLERİNİN SÜRGÜNÜ
THE EXILE OF BALKAN TURKS IN HALİDE ALPTEKİN’S NOVEL DON’T CRY DANUBE

Summary/Abstract: The Balkan Wars (1912-13) led to the exile of Turks from the Balkans in masses and triggered one of the greatest forced migrations of history. This migration tragedy that was experienced by the Balkan Turks at the beginning of the 20th century has also been reflected in Turkish literature. It is well known that famous novelists of the Turkish literature mentioned the Balkan Turkishness and the migration problems in some of their novels. 100 years after the Balkan Wars, there has been a considerable increase in the number of novels focusing on this tragedy in Turkey especially in recent years. One of the novels in question is Halide Alptekin’s novel Don’t Cry Danube. The novel centers around the forced migration of Turks from the Balkans as from the second half of the 19th century. Being a historical one, Alptekin’s novel could also be evaluated as a “migration” novel since it focuses on the Balkan exile. From this aspect, the novel reflects the general characteristics of “migration” novels. The main fiction and basic elements (time, space, characters) of the novel were formed with the phenomenon of “migration”, which is remarkable. This study has examined and evaluated how “migration” novels, which could be evaluated as a subgenre of historical novels, are shaped with the phenomenon of “migration” in the novel.

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