A STATESMAN’S NOVEL FROM NİĞDE: LITTLE PASHA

Abstract

Ebubekir Hazim Tepeyran is a statesman grew up in Niğde. He served asgovernor, minister and Member of Parliament during the last period of OttomanEmpire and in the newly born Republic. He visited and saw many places in Anatoliabecause of his job which also gave him the opportunity to face the unsolvedproblems of Anatolia. His transformation from a Statesman to Literature happenedalso at this point. His struggle against problems under his Statesman title continuedwith Literature title as a writer by publishing the novel named “Little Pasha” duringthe constitutionalism period. “Little Pasha” is an leading novel for TurkishLiterature in which it displays Villages and Villagers. In this study, the novel will beanalyzed by focusing on the structure, theme, language and expressive features.

Keywords

• Niğde
• Village
• Ebubekir Hâzım Tepeyran
• Novel
• Little Pasha