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12TH SEPTEMBER 1980 MILITARY COUP IN TURKEY THE QUESTION OF STATE-SANCTIONED OPPRESSION AND VIOLENCE IN THE NOVELS ‘DEVRIMCILER’ AND ‘YÜZ: 1981’
The article aims to trace the cultural memories of the 12th September 1980 military coup by focusing on how the novelists unify and harmonize the political and social issues with art. It focuses on the novels of he period which highlights the question of violence and oppression applied by the military after the coup. This work aims to investigate the novels ‘Devrimciler’ (Revolutionaries) which has a unique place in Turkish literature; it is the most daring novel in terms of reflecting the facts of the state violence despite the severe censorship of the period. The second novel ‘Yüz: 1981’ (Face: 1981) also deals directly with the themes of violence and oppression of the military regime after the 12 September 1980 coup in Turkey. It is also an important piece of work for portraying the aspects of creating an apolitic society/individual which the military regime which was aiming through an excessive force against civilians. ‘Yüz: 1981’ is a uniqe novel which narrates the stories of the oppressed people from the perspective of a second lieutenanant who was the officer in the army and took part in the period. The article also highlights the Turkish political history beginning from the 1960s and the political environment of the 1970s which led the 12th September 1980 military coup and its cultural environment.
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12 September Novels, Oppression, Violence, Military Coup_