Reflection of Internal Migration and Social Change in Turkish Novel

Many different definitions have been made by researchers for the migration movement, which has a multifaceted dimension. Migration movement, which is a movement of displacement, is not instantaneous and expresses a process. Many reasons such as the division of agricultural lands, mechanization in agriculture, better education and socio-cultural opportunities in cities compared to rural areas, individuals desire to avoid blood feuds, and concern over terror incidents in the living area are among the reasons for internal migration in Turkey. The concept of social change, on the other hand, expresses a change in the cultural structures of societies. There is a relationship between the migration movement and social or cultural changes. This relationship has an important place in the Turkish novel. In the novels, the causes of migration, the urbanization processes of immigrants and the social changes they experience are discussed. A total of five Turkish novels, namely Kente İndi İdris, Toprak Kovgunları, Sevgili Arsız Ölüm, Aykırı Ölümler and Köygöçüren novels, were selected to be used in the study, and the ways in which the social changes caused by the internal migration movement were reflected in the selected novels are discussed.