1970'lerde politik açıdan bölünmüş iki ulusun anatomisi: Milkman romanında Kuzey İrlanda ve Gece Dersleri romanında Türkiye

Year 2021, Issue: 25, 1030 - 1044, 21.12.2021

Alper Tulgar

https://doi.org/10.29000/rumelide.1032573

Abstract

Anna Burns’ün Milkman romanı, “Sorunlar” olarak bilinen Kuzey İrlanda tarihindeki politik açıdan vahşet dolu bir dönemi kaleme alır. İngiltere hegemonyasından çıkarak özgür bir Kuzey İrlanda oluşturmayı amaçlayan Katolik İrlanda Cumhuriyetçileri ve İngiltere ile birlikte kalmayı amaçlayan İngiliz birlik yanlısı Protestanlar arasındaki dini ve politik zıtlıklar sürekli birikerek vahşi eylemlere neden olur. İki taraftan da paramiliter birlikler ülkeyi terörize eder ve binlerce ölüm kaydedilir. Anna Burns dönemi tek amacı önceki dönem romanlarını okumak olan on sekiz yaşındaki genç bir kızın gözünden birinci şahıs anlatısı ile aktarır. Latife Tekin’in Gece Dersleri Sekreter Rüzgâr kod anıyla anılan Gülfidan isimli militanı anlatır. Gülfidan geçmişi suçluluk ve utançla hatırlar. 1970’lerde Türkiye, 1980 darbesine yol açan benzeri görülmemiş protesto ve grevler yaşamıştır. Solcu bir örgüte üye olan Gülfidan Türkiye’deki politik kaosun sorumluluğunu üstlenir.

Keywords

Anna Burns, Milkman, Sorunlar, Kuzey İrlanda, Latife Tekin, Gece Dersleri

The anatomy of two politically divided nations in the 1970s: Northern Ireland in Milkman and Turkey in Gece Dersleri

Abstract

Milkman written by Anna Burns depicts a politically violent period in the history of Northern Ireland called the “Troubles”. The religious and political contrasts between Catholic Irish Republicans, who aimed to form a free Northern Ireland by getting out of the domination of England and Protestant British Loyalists who aimed to stay united, constantly piled up and led to cruel acts. Paramilitaries from both sides terrorized the country with thousands of deaths. Anna Burns depicts the period with first-person narrator, an eighteen-year-old young girl whose only purpose is to read novels from previous centuries. Gece Dersleri by Latife Tekin portrays a militia named Gülfidan with the alias Secretary Wind. Gülfidan recollects her past with guilt and shame. Turkey in the 1970s went through unprecedented protests and strikes that led to the coup in 1980. As part of a leftist organization, Gülfidan takes the responsibility of the political chaos in Turkey.

Keywords

Anna Burns, Milkman, The Troubles, Northern Ireland, Latife Tekin, Gece Dersleri

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