“Üç İstanbul” Romanında Kimlik Bunalımı
Identity Crisis in the Novel “Üç İstanbul”

Summary/Abstract: The individual’s own quality and behaviors and the characteristics that distinguish him from other individuals are called identity. Not knowing which identity an individual incorporates himself in or moving away from his own qualities causes him to have crisis of identity. From the 19th century in the Ottoman Empire there were a lot of reform movements because the Empire fell behind Europe. There were a lot of histo-incompatibilities during the adoption of the mentioned westernization movements by the people, and this caused identity crisis in society and individuals from the general to the specific. This situation was frequently covered in novels whiche specially depict last years of Ottoman Empire and early years of the Republic. This study examines Mithat Cemal Kuntay’s novel “Üç İstanbul” and it focuses on individuals from the book who have crisis of identity.

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