Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu - Mansion For Rent

The immortal work of Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu, Rental Mansion, continues to be read by a wide audience with its success that goes beyond the ages. Published in 1922, the novel deals with the changing social structure in Anatolia as of the Tanzimat Period, with a very strong fiction and expression. The author, who narrates the events he tells in a humorous style, brings to light the sociological realities of the period behind his story full of ironies. A Family in the Claws of Corruption The novel Rental Mansion tells the story of Naim Efendi and his family, who live in a large family mansion. Naim Efendi, who is a good man with a reputation; She is living a happy life together with her daughter, son-in-law and two grandchildren. However, all family members except himself desire different lives by being caught in the winds of change blowing from Europe. While Seniha and Cemil, the grandchildren of Naim Efendi, use the mansion as they wish, his daughter Saime Hanım and son-in-law Servet Bey stand out with their indifferent attitudes. Naim Efendi, who does not interfere with their wishes because of his love for his grandchildren, does not reflect his discomfort about what is happening in the mansion to his family. In particular, he always wants Seniha, whom he loves very much, to be good, despite making many mistakes with the extravagance of his youth. However, her efforts cannot prevent the girl from making mistakes that will wear her down even more. It was the move of Saime Hanım and Servet Bey that dealt the real blow to Naim Efendi. A Realistic Look at the Society of the Period II. oppression ended in the Ottoman Empire. Set in the Second Constitutional Era, Rental Mansion is the main theme of the wealthy class trying to get rid of their traditional lifestyle. The novel, which proceeds on the basis of the clash of Eastern and Western cultures, as in many novels of the period, strikingly reveals the devastating consequences of wrong Westernization. In this context, the novel illuminates its readers as a field study on the structure of family and society, as well as its fictional dimension.