From the nineteenth century to the present day, a considerable number of Turkish novels have been published which either incorporate facts from Ottoman history directly into their plots, or rely on that history to form the background of the action. These novels play a significant role in the formation of Turkish national consciousness. The scope of this article is to analyse the historical novels İtiraf (Confession) and Her Yerde Kan Var (There is blood everywhere), which were written during the reign of the Justice and Development Party (akp). The article uses a sociology of literature approach to examine the two books’ depiction of the Ottoman Empire—their ‘Ottoman image’.

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作为宣传工具的历史小说：在小说中复兴奥斯曼帝国的过去

从 19 世纪至今，已经出版了相当多的土耳其小说，这些小说要么将奥斯曼历史中的事实直接纳入情节，要么依靠那段历史来构成行动的背景。这些小说对土耳其民族意识的形成起到了重要作用。本文的范围是分析历史小说伊蒂拉夫（忏悔）和她的 Yerde Kan Var（到处都是血），写在正发党执政时期（AKP). 这篇文章使用文学社会学方法来检验这两本书对奥斯曼帝国的描述——他们的“奥斯曼形象”。