ENTERTAINMENT VENUES IN OSMAN CEMAL KAYGILI’S, A RECORDER OF ANCIENT ISTANBUL, TRAVEL ARTICLES OSMAN CEMAL KAYGILI’NIN GEZ YAZILARINDA ESK STANBUL’UN E LENCE MEK NLARI

There are some unique features of cities that provide definitions in national culture. Entertainment culture is also one of these elements. Istanbul is one of the good examples that expresses urban texture, as well. It is possible to see the entertainment culture of the venues of Istanbul in the writings, of Osman Cemal Kayg l , one of the important writers of Turkish literature, which he wrote in the early years of the Republic. Osman Cemal, who is a good observer like Hüseyin Rahmi Gürp nar, Ahmet Rasim, Sermet Muhtar Alus, queries the daily lives and entertainment culture of the people travelling around Istanbul district by district and street by street. He tells about the entertainment culture of the places where people gathered, such as casinos, coffee shops, recreational areas, beaches, public baths that spread all over the city. As it is understood from the writings, the places in question are not only the venues where people ate or drank, visited, had a bath or swam. These venues, where people in different religions and races lived in peace and came together, had also become an important center where entertainment culture continued with different activities. Kentlerin ulusal kültür i erisinde tan mlanmalar n sa layan kendine has baz zellikleri vard r. E lence kültürü bu unsurlardan biridir. stanbul da b yle bir kentsel dokuya sahiptir. Türk edebiyat n n nemli yazarlar ndan Osman Cemal Kayg l ’n n Cumhuriyet’in ilk y llar nda kaleme ald yaz lar nda stanbul’daki mekanlar n e lence kültürünü g rmek mümkündür. Hüseyin Rahmi Gürp nar, Ahmet Rasim, Sermet Muhtar Alus gibi iyi bir g zlem yetene ine sahip olan Osman Cemal, stanbul’u semt semt, sokak sokak dola arak halk n gündelik hayat n , e lence kültürünü sorgular. ehrin her taraf na yay lm olan gazinolar, kahveler, gezinti yerleri, plajlar, hamamlar gibi halk n toplu olarak bulundu u yerlerin e lence kültürünü anlat r. Bu yaz lardan anla ld kadar yla s z konusu mekanlar sadece yenilip i ilen, gezilen, y kan lan, denize girilen yerler de ildir. Her dinden ve rktan insanlar n bar i erisinde ya ad ve bir araya geldi i bu mekanlar de i ik aktivitelerle e lence kültürünün devam edildi i nemli merkezler de olmu tur.