The novel Aydemir in the context of the missions imposed on women

In this study, Müfide Ferit TEK’s novel named as Aydemir will be examined in the context of the active role and function of women in the process of National Struggle. The novel, Aydemir, focuses on the challenging story of heroes like Demir and Hazin, who struggled to build the national spirit during the National Struggle period, both in Anatolia and abroad. In the novel, the problems in the society, the destructive consequences of the war, and especially the changing social and individual roles of women in such a period when nationalist thinking began to spread are reflected. Hazin, who is the most important female character of the novel, has a modern lifestyle. In the novel, the positions and missions of patriotic women like Hazin who take active roles along with men in life. In this study, we will draw attention to the ideal function of the female character in the fiction within the framework of the development and change in women’s social life during the National Struggle.