TURKISH WOMEN AND THEIR EUROPE IMPRESSIONS IN “DISENCHANTED” ROMAN OF PIERRE LOTI
PİERRE LOTİ’NİN “BEZGİN KADINLAR” ROMANINDA TÜRK KADINI VE AVRUPA İZLENİMLERİ

Author : Gizem KÖŞKER -& Abdüllatif ACARLIOĞLU
Number of pages : 77-88

Abstract

Turkish-friendly French writer Pierre Loti, in his novel “Disenchanted” that is one of the most important novels in which he conveyed the situation of Turkish women and his own observations in the Ottoman Empire and Islamic Society, treats the story of two sisters who reached out Paris- dreamed for years- after a long and difficult journey through many European countries. At first sight, although this escape may seem like an ordinary event and concern little people, then it is understood that the situation is not at all. Zennur and Nuriye, who lived as harem and could not leave without family or relatives, caused a diplomatic crisis between the Ottoman Empire, Serbia and France because they were the daughters of a family close to the Sultan, which raises the importance of this story. On the other hand, the fact that young women know Pierre Loti, who has dedicated a part of his life to the emancipation of Muslim women, has become a source of inspiration for his novel “Disenchanted”. The purpose of this study is to analyze Europe through the eyes of Nuriye and Zennur who visited lots of European Countries, besides France, and met lots of famous artists, writers and politicians. In the conclusion part, the thoughts and psychological moods of the two sisters who reached Paris life idealized for years will be discussed.

Keywords

Disenchanted, Pierre Loti, Turkish women’s Europe Impressions

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