Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Turkbilig, cilt.2024, sa.47, ss.364-380, 2024 (Scopus)
Narratives, that are of the most important elements of culture, have taken their place within the usage area of ideologies that emerged in modern times. Narratives such as legends, epics and fairy tales, some of which survived orally among the public and some of which were included in the history books of the period, were used as a binding element of the society by the romantic nationalist ideology in the 19th century. Nationalist ideology is the founding ideology in the nation-state building processes of many countries in Europe. Although nationalist ideology affected the nations within the OYoman Empire in the 19th century, it was also accepted by the OYoman intellectuals of the period, and studies on narratives that were the sources of the idea of a common and ancient Turkish history/ancestor began in this period. These works have spread to many works of art that reflect the founding spirit of the Republic of Turkey, which was established after the empire. It is seen that various myth narratives were used in the Early Republic period, which was considered as a process involving the rearrangement, change or reformation of the world of meanings that were not in accordance with the founding ideology of the state, to make the people adopt the ideology of the state. This study focuses on the Ergenekon myth that was played in the Community Centers, which functioned as the ideological apparatus of the state, and was depicted in theater works designed in accordance with the language and history studies of the period, going beyond its own meaning and integrating it into the world of meanings of the dominant ideology. In this study, Nihat Şevki's Ergenekon play is chosen as an example because it directly deals with the myth itself, and Faruk Nafız Çamlıbel's Akın and İbrahim Tarık Çakmak's Bozkurt plays are chosen as examples because they bear symbolic similarities to this myth.