Cevdet Bey ve oğulları

novel by Pamuk

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Cevdet Bey ve oğulları (1982; Cevdet Bey and His Sons) is the debut novel by Turkish author Orhan Pamuk. The novel chronicles the rise of a Turkish Muslim merchant family into the upper bourgeoisie during the era of the Young Turks and the early Turkish Republic. It explores themes of Westernization and the evolving Turkish identity through the experiences of three generations of the Cevdet Bey family in Istanbul. The novel delves into the family's social and economic transformations as they navigate the changing landscape of modern Turkey.12

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…later published his first novel, Cevdet Bey ve oğulları (“Cevdet Bey and His Sons”), a sweeping history of an Istanbul family during and after the establishment of the Turkish republic. He followed it with Sessiz ev (1983; Silent House), relying on multiple narrators to shape the story of a family…
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…later published his first novel, Cevdet Bey ve oğulları (“Cevdet Bey and His Sons”), a sweeping history of an Istanbul family during and after the establishment of the Turkish republic. He followed it with Sessiz ev (1983; Silent House), relying on multiple narrators to shape the story of a family…
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