AN ESSAY ON ANALYZ？NG ATT？LA ？LHAN’S APPROACH TO THE SOC？AL AND POL？T？CAL ISSUES TROUGH H？S NOVELS ？N THE SER？E CALLED “AYNANIN ？？？NDEK？LER”

The five novels in “Aynan？n ？？indekiler” written by Attila ？lhan take place among the important texts in the Turkish thought. Novel, as a literary way, since it appeared in the Western societies it has been one of the leading ways to explain the individiual, the society and the relations between them. Novel, entering durnig Tanzimat into Turkish litareture, has also been one of the main sources in the Turkish thought. So the prominent names of the Turkish thought are also novelists. In this study, both the events and the thoughts related tothe near past of Turkey told in “Aynan？n ？？indekiler”, and Attila ？lhan’s arguments about them are evaluated in the light of the writer’s other studies on social and political issues, and the views of other intellectuels in the Turkish thought. Thus it is aimed at displaying a picture of ？lhan’s world of thought