Yesil Gece
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Yeşil Gece is a novel by Turkish author and playwright Reşat Nuri Güntekin
, written in 1928.
The novel is about a boy, Şahin who is sent to a medrese (an Islamic school) by his devoutly Muslim father. Şahin rebels against his father and takes up rational thought and secularism
. He then goes to spread his ideology on the people of a small town in the background of the war of independence and formation of the Turkish republic.
Resat Nuri Güntekin
Reşat Nuri Güntekin was a Turkish novelist, storywriter and playwright. His most known novel, Çalıkuşu is about the destiny of a young Turkish female teacher in Anatolia; a movie was filmed on this book in 1966, and a TV series were produced in 1986...
, written in 1928.
The novel is about a boy, Şahin who is sent to a medrese (an Islamic school) by his devoutly Muslim father. Şahin rebels against his father and takes up rational thought and secularism
Secularism
Secularism is the principle of separation between government institutions and the persons mandated to represent the State from religious institutions and religious dignitaries...
. He then goes to spread his ideology on the people of a small town in the background of the war of independence and formation of the Turkish republic.