Karnaval

by Ahmed Midhat Efendi

“Karnaval romanı, esasında Osmanlı sosyal hayatına tamamen yabancı bir eğlence tarzı olan balo ve karnavalların aile hayatında, kadın-erkek münasebetlerinde tamiri kabil olmayan yaralar açtığını gösterir. Ahmet Mithat’ın bu romanı da Felâtun Bey ile Râkım Efendi gibi, alafrangalığın hicvidir.”

Orhan Okay

Tercüman-ı Hakikat gazetesinde tefrika edildikten sonra 1881 yılında kitaplaştırılan Karnaval’da Ahmet Mithat Efendi, Beyoğlu’nda gayrimüslimler tarafından düzenlenen karnaval ve baloları ele alır. Bu eğlencelere katılan ve aynı kadına gönül veren Zekâi Bey ile Resmi Efendi adında iki Osmanlı gencinin aşk, ihanet ve entrika dolu maceraları anlatılırken aynı zamanda dönemin konak hayatı, eğlence mekânları, alafrangalığın vitrini olan Beyoğlu ve çevresi de sosyokültürel görünümüyle gözler önüne serilir.

328 pages, Paperback

Published July 1, 2025

About the author

Ahmet Mithat was an Ottoman journalist, author, translator, and publisher during the Tanzimat period. In his works, he was known as Ahmet Mithat Efendi, in order to distinguish him from the contemporary politician Midhat Pasha. Ahmet Mithat Efendi adopted his name in homage to Ahmed Şefik Midhat Pasha, with whom he had been associated professionally, serving as an official and newspaper editor in Midhat Pasha's Vilayet of the Danube.

He was a prolific writer, with more than 250 of his works having survived to the present day. In 1878, he began publishing a newspaper entitled Tercüman-ı Hakikat (Interpreter of Truth). Prior to this, he was a contributor to Basiret, a newspaper published between 1870 and 1879. His editorship and publication of Olga Lebedeva's translations of Russian literature into Turkish served as an introduction of Tolstoy, Lermontov, and Pushkin to Turkey's readership. Additionally, he was a patron and teacher to Fatma Aliye, one of the most renowned female Ottoman authors.

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[Elif · Rating 2 out of 5]

Bridgerton olsaydi 4 yildiz verirdiniz ama bu Karnaval...