Mütareke dönemine sol edebiyattan bir bakış: kan konuşmaz örneği

In most novels dealing with the Occupation of Istanbul, Ankara—the headquarters of the National Struggle—represents dignity, Turkishness, heroism, and the nascent nation-state, while occupied Istanbul embodies falsehood, betrayal, the collapsing Ottoman Empire, hedonism, cosmopolitanism, and non-Turkish elements. In other words, the vast majority of works in this corpus present occupied Istanbul as the antithesis of National Struggle Ankara, thereby reinforcing the sanctity and grandeur of the Ankara-centered resistance narrative. However, this framework cannot be applied to all works addressing the Armistice period; some offer alternative perspectives on the era and its dynamics. For instance, Nazım Hikmet’s novel Kan Konuşmaz (Blood Does Not Speak), the focus of this article, examines this decade of war—and particularly Armistice-era Istanbul—from a socialist perspective. This article will analyze the novel’s approach and its contrasts with nationalist narratives.