Parla, J.Uslu, M.F.Ertem, O.2024-07-182024-07-18201897833197670559783319767048https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76705-5_25https://hdl.handle.net/11411/6250My basic thesis about the cultural and epistemological significance of the theme of the fathers and sons has not changed over the years. The quest for a father as absolute authority continued to inform Turkish thought and literature, with only a few exceptional interludes as with the novels of the 1970s. It is, I feel, a mind-numbingly uninteresting phenomenon. Why? Because it has been the same for centuries-the quest for a father, the readiness to escape from freedom, the insecurity when faced with the possibility of a fatherless vacuum, and the need to fill it at all costs. In my subsequent work, I rethought and revisited the Tanzimat (Reorganization) period of 1839-1876, and I came to realize that certain themes that persist in the literary and cultural spheres-modernization, Westernization, issues concerning language reform-were taken up and debated much more judiciously and liberally back then, particularly when compared to the sectarian, prejudiced, and hostile debates of later periods. In this respect, I draw the line with the Servet-i Fünun (Wealth of Knowledge) period of 1891-1901, during which cultural and literary quarrels became harsher and were carried into the partisan disputes of the Republican era. © Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2019. All rights reserved.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessFigure Of The FatherTrends İn LiteratureTurkish LiteratureBook Chapter2-s2.0-8505355650110.1007/978-3-319-76705-5_25267N/A259