Les Jeunes-Turcs dans la littérature grecque : entre légende et réalité

Abstract

In the novel “ Vasilis Arvanitis ”, by Myrivilis, published in 1943, as well as in the novel “ Karamanites ”, by Samouilidis, published in 1965, and finally in “ the King of Figures ” of Rea Stathopoulou, published in 2006, the Young Turks are being mentioned. All three books were written by writers coming from different backgrounds, belonging to different eras, while the three writers focus on different social backgrounds. For all three of them, the movement of Thessaloniki marks the beginning of an era rich in hope, history, equality and justice, intoxicating the masses with this message. Myrivilis focuses more on the message of fraternity, while Samouilidis ans Rea Stathopoulou, stay closer to realism, while they construct their narration more around the long term duration, and criticism. Nobody could fathom that someday, one would come to reminisce with nostalgia the “good old days” of Abd-ul-Hamid.

Keywords

• Myrivilis Stratis (1890-1969)
• Young Turks
• greek novel
• Istanbul
• Lesbos
• Cappadocia