IMAGINED OTTOMAN: THE SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATIONS IN THE FEL？TUN BEY ？LE R？KIM EFEND？ NOVEL

Turkish literature introduced with the novel as a literary genre during the Tanzimat Period. In the novels written in this period, the authors mostly focused on the social problems of the period. Ahmet Mithat Efendi's Felatun Bey ile Rak？m Efendi novel also contains elements related to the social life of the period. In this research, sociological images in conceptual, individual, social and spatial level are examined in Felatun Bey ile Rak？m Efendi novel