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Bihruz Bey Syndrome: The Novel of Rootlessness and Formalism

Bihruz Bey Syndrome: The Novel of Rootlessness and Formalism

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July 10, 2026

Recaizade Mahmud Ekrem’s contribution to Turkish literature, Araba Sevdası, addresses one of the most painful issues of the Tanzimat era: misguided Westernization. While the intellectuals of the period viewed modernization as salvation, a superficial, frivolous type emerged who perceived this process merely as a change in “appearance and lifestyle.” The most concrete literary embodiment of this type is Beyruz Bey. Indeed, his tragicomic demeanor and attitude are still today referred to in sociol

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Bihruz Bey Sendromu: Köksüzleşmenin ve Şekilciliğin Romanı

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Recaizade Mahmud Ekrem’in Türk edebiyatına kazandırdığı Araba Sevdası, Tanzimat döneminin en sancılı konularından birini ele alır: Yanlış Batılılaşma. Dönemin aydınları modernleşmeyi bir kurtuluş olarak görürken, bu süreci sadece "şekil ve yaşam tarzı" olarak algılayan alafranga, züppe bir insan tipi türemiştir. İşte bu tipin edebiyattaki en somut karşılığı Bihruz Bey'dir. Öyle ki, Bihruz Bey’in trajikomik hâli ve tavrı, sosyolog Şerif Mardin'in teorik çerçevesinde günümüzde bile toplumsal bir e

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