
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
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Meryem Beyza Utkulu

Oğuz Atay was born on 12 October 1934 in Kastamonu/İnebolu. His father was Cemil Atay, a lawyer who served as a member of parliament for Sinop in the sixth and seventh terms and for Kastamonu in the eighth term. His mother was Muazzez Zeki Hanım, a primary school teacher. His maternal grandmother, Melek Hanım, had fled to Istanbul from Greece after meeting Zeki Bey while attending a French girls’ school, converted to Islam, and placed great importance on educating her three daughters; his mother
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Yahya B. Keskin