Halit Ayarcı

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Halit Ayarcı is a central, satirically drawn bureaucrat and modernizer in Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar’s novel "The Time Regulation Institute," embodying the absurdities of Turkey’s transition to modernity.

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Halit Ayarcı canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bureaucrat (fictional) ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
appearsIn Saatleri Ayarlama Enstitüsü ⓘ
The Time Regulation Institute ⓘ
associatedWith Hayri İrdal ⓘ
Time Regulation Institute (fictional institution) ⓘ
characterRole central character ⓘ
modernizer ⓘ
satirical figure ⓘ
characterTrait ambitious ⓘ
charismatic ⓘ
innovative (within a satirical frame) ⓘ
manipulative ⓘ
pragmatic ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Turkey (fictional setting) ⓘ
createdBy Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar ⓘ
firstPublicationContext The Time Regulation Institute (published 1961) ⓘ
genreContext modernist novel ⓘ
languageOfWork Turkish ⓘ
literaryDeviceRole vehicle for social and political satire ⓘ
literaryPeriod 20th-century Turkish literature ⓘ
narrativeFunction driving force behind the establishment of the Institute ⓘ
embodiment of opportunistic modernization ⓘ
foil to Hayri İrdal ⓘ
notableFor founding the Time Regulation Institute in the novel ⓘ
occupation bureaucrat ⓘ
represents absurdities of Turkey’s transition to modernity ⓘ
bureaucratic mentality in early Republican Turkey (satirically) ⓘ
symbolizes bureaucratic absurdity ⓘ
instrumental use of ideology ⓘ
state-led modernization ⓘ

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