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Tutunamayanlar is a novel written by Oğuz Atay and first published in two volumes by Sel Yayınları in 1971–1972. The work emerged during a period in Türkiye when modernization urbanization and the search for individual identity were intensely experienced and is regarded as one of the key examples of the modernist movement in Turkish literature. Set against the chaotic atmosphere of Istanbul the narrative centers on the existential crises the inability to adapt to social norms and the profound lo

Unrest is a novel published by Zülfü Livaneli in 2015 that intertwines social tension with individual psychological states. While narrating an inner journey marked by the deep imprints of time and place, the novel also lays bare the anxieties experienced by Turkish society during its modernization process. Roman explores the inner unrest and traumas of a generation left adrift in contemporary Türkiye.The novel’s central character is a journalist who spent years in prison for a political offense.