''Yaprak Dökümü'' (''The Fall of Leaves'') is a novel by Turkish author and playwright
Reşat Nuri Güntekin
Reşat Nuri Güntekin () (25 November 1889 – 7 December 1956) was a Turkish novelist, storywriter, and playwright. His best known novel, '' Çalıkuşu'' ("The Wren", 1922) is about the destiny of a young Turkish female teacher in Anatolia. Th ...
, written in 1930. It is available in an English translation by W. D. Halsey
Plot summary
The novel revolves around a middle-class Turkish family (the Tekins) in the 1930s. The main characters are Ali Riza Tekin (head of the Tekin family), his wife Hayriye, and their young daughters: Fikret (the oldest daughter), Leyla (the second daughter), Necla (the third daughter), Ayşe (their youngest daughter), their only son Şevket (who is between Fikret and Leyla), and his bride Ferhunde (who is also the principal antagonist).
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Turkish literature
Turkish literature ( tr, Türk edebiyatı) comprises oral compositions and written texts in Turkic languages. The Ottoman and Azerbaijani forms of Turkish, which forms the basis of much of the written corpus, were highly influenced by Persian la ...
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Reşat Nuri Güntekin
Reşat Nuri Güntekin () (25 November 1889 – 7 December 1956) was a Turkish novelist, storywriter, and playwright. His best known novel, '' Çalıkuşu'' ("The Wren", 1922) is about the destiny of a young Turkish female teacher in Anatolia. Th ...
External links
In English
''Reşat Nuri Güntekin'' Information about Reşat Nuri Güntekin on an official website on Turkish culture
In Turkish
About the novel
1930 novels
Novels by Reşat Nuri Güntekin
Fiction set in the 1930s
Novels set in Turkey
1930s novels
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