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In these lands, which have hosted many ethnic groups throughout Turkish history, groups living outside the Turks are defined by the concept of "minority". In the period of the Ottoman State, which has a multi-identity structure in particular, the concept of minority was not related to ethnicity, but religious belief, that is, as a Muslim and non-Muslim, non-Muslims did not encounter any negative attitudes, and did not feel like other. However, the political events in the last period of the Ottoman State caused a change in the concept of minority; only Greek, Armenian and Jewish people started to be seen as ethnic groups that make up minorities. While the positioning of the minority people as "other" emerged with this process, it continued after the proclamation of the Republic. This separation in Turkish history, on the other hand, has manifested in literature, in particular, in novels, and has allowed the publication of many works addressing the minority people. One of those works is Yılmaz Karakoyunlu's novel "Güz Sancısı".
The novel, which was written in 1992, has a very large character staff. The author reveals a distinct class distinction in his novel, which includes people from the minority as well as the Turks. This distinction is that minorities perform ordinary professions and in poverty; The Turks are classified as senior managers, their relatives and rich people. The author's portrayal of minority heroes as ordinary and negative is the result of his own perspective. However, with the difference in class resulting from this point of view and approach, minorities are expected to be marginalized by abstraction from the society throughout the novel, while the equivalence of the said difference in public is limited. So much so that the public helps, supports and tries to live in a certain solidarity and order regardless of any ethnic identity or belief. In this study, it will be tried to reveal the contradiction in the "Güz Sancısı" novel.