Right to the City Novels in Turkish Literature from the 1960s to the Present

N. Buket Cengiz is Lecturer at Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey.

“Cengiz convinces the reader that the right to the city is a common ‘vein’ across the seven novels and perhaps in other novels set in Istanbul. … Cengiz’s use of literary analysis produces a new perspective not only of the seven novels, but also on questions around migration, right to the city, and Istanbul’s urban transformation.” (Karina Goulordava, Urban Geography, April 7, 2022)

• Chapter 1 Introduction: Right to the City Novels in Modern Turkish Fiction.- Chapter 2 From the Barricades to the City as Art: The Idea of the Right to the City.- Chapter 3 Passionate Belongings and Intense Longings: Tracing the Right to the City in Istanbul.- Chapter 4 Istanbul Meets Its New Members: An Overview of Istanbul’s History as Regards Migration.- Chapter 5 ‘Istanbulites’ and ‘Non-Istanbulites’ in Turkish Novel: Creation of the Corpus.- Chapter 6 The Homesick Birds: An Empathetic Look at the Urbanites of the Future.- Chapter 7 Uncle Halo and Two Oxen: A Sarcastic Look at Rural to Urban Migration and Its Discontents.- Chapter 8 The Homesick Birds and Uncle Halo and Two Oxen: A Comparative Analysis.- Chapter 9 Berji Kristin: Tales from the Garbage Hills: A Satirical Look at Uniform Urbanity.- Chapter 10 Heavy Roman(i): An Alternative Urbanity in the Dionysiac City.- Chapter11 Berji Kristin: Tales from the Garbage Hills andHeavy Roman(i): A Comparative Analysis.- Chapter 12 On the Periphery: Existence in the Grim City.- Chapter 13 It Takes All Kinds: The Istanbul Forgotten in the ‘Varoş’.- Chapter 14 On the Periphery and It Takes All Kinds: A Comparative Analysis.- Chapter 15 A Strangeness in My Mind: A Love Story of a Man and His City.- Chapter 16 Conclusion.