Dünyanın Nizamı: Ömer Seyfettin’in Son Dönem Öykülerinde Egemenlik Fikri

Abstract

On the basis of the assumption that literary texts are directly related to the historical and social contexts in which they are produced, this study discusses the idea of sovereignty through “Horoz” (The Rooster) and “Dünyanın Nizamı” (Order of the World) by Ömer Seyfettin. In this respect, firstly, the main arguments for this idea, theorized by Jean Bodin and problematized by Thomas Hobbes (particularly in Leviathan ), will be examined. Furthermore, the roles played by intra-community relations, ambivalent relations of society with the state and the ruler, and human nature in constructing the idea of sovereignty, will be evaluated. Then, the origin, function, character, and historical evolution of the images of rooster and dragon derived from this idea in these short stories will be elaborated. The direction of this evolution, particularly from a divine to a secular character, will be followed through examples in Turco-Islamic