ORHAN HANÇERLİOĞLU’NUN ROMANLARINDA ANADOLU

Orhan Hançerlioğlu is an important writer who has made a name for himself in our literature with his novels and stories, especially his works on philosophy and the history of thought. Although the author is known for his works in the field of philosophy, the stories and novels he wrote before those works were met with positive reactions from many critics in his period. Hançerlioğlu's first story (Selman's Gocuks) was published on 19 January 1949 in Fikirler magazine. Hançerlioğlu's stories are published in the magazines Fikirler, Varlık, Yeditepe, Beş Sanat, Şadırvan and Ağaç.The Dark World, Orhan Hançerlioğlu's first novel, was published in 1951. The author won the Turkish Language Association's Novel Award with his novel Ali in 1956. The common features of Hançerlioğlu's novels are that he applies a different form and technique in each work, focuses on social issues on different subjects, includes philosophical and psychological elements in his works, and his unique understanding of language. Six of the eight novels published by the author touch on the urban life and the problems and daily lives of the citizens, while two of his novels (Cultivated Lands, Dark World) deal with the social issues of the Anatolian people. In these two works, which include socialist realist reflections, Hançerlioğlu deals with the relationship of the Anatolian peasants with the state power on the basis of the social life reality of the period. Orhan Hançerlioğlu is a writer based on observation, telling the realities of society through the eyes of society, and drawing attention to the problems of society by touching on social issues in each of his works, whether he takes his subject from village and peasant life or urban and urban life.