In this study, the female figures will be examined in Kemal Tahir’s Esir Sehir trilogy - Esir Şehrin İnsanları, Esir Şehrin Mahpusu, Yol Ayrımı. In Kemal Tahir’s Esir Sehir trilogy, Istanbul during the occupation period and the story’s hero Kâmil Bey’s story in the subsequent 10-15 years is are fictionalised. The three women in Kâmil Bey’s immediate vicinity – Nermin, Nedime, and Fatma – are figures that need to be emphasised in their effect in his life and soul as well as the social position and part of society they represent in that period’s Turkey. According to this, while Kâmil Bey’s wife Nermin represents the aristocratic woman who is now dysfunctional; Nedime is shown as the intellectual Turkish woman. Fatma, on the other hand, is the symbol of the part of public who is resisting the enemy with its entire existence and the morale forces behind the front lines.

Anahtar Kelimeler
Kemal Tahir, Esir Sehir trilogy, society, women, representation.