Memed, My Hawk
E79011
"Memed, My Hawk" is a classic Turkish novel by Yaşar Kemal that follows a young villager’s transformation into a legendary bandit and symbol of resistance against feudal oppression.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Memed, My Hawk canonical | 4 |
| Memed | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T633129 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Memed, My Hawk Context triple: [Turkish literature, notableWork, Memed, My Hawk]
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A.
Tell My Horse
Tell My Horse is a 1938 non-fiction work by Zora Neale Hurston that blends travel writing, anthropology, and folklore to explore Caribbean religions and cultures, particularly in Jamaica and Haiti.
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B.
The Eagle
The Eagle is a 1925 silent adventure film starring Rudolph Valentino as a dashing Russian outlaw hero.
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C.
Song to a Seagull
Song to a Seagull is the 1968 debut studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, showcasing her early folk sound and poetic lyricism.
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D.
The Dragon in My Garage
"The Dragon in My Garage" is a famous illustrative chapter by Carl Sagan that uses the idea of an invisible, undetectable dragon to explain the importance of skepticism and the scientific method in evaluating extraordinary claims.
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E.
Maimies
Maimies is an alternate historical name for the Mayaimi people, a Native American group that once inhabited the Lake Okeechobee region of present-day Florida.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Memed, My Hawk Target entity description: "Memed, My Hawk" is a classic Turkish novel by Yaşar Kemal that follows a young villager’s transformation into a legendary bandit and symbol of resistance against feudal oppression.
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A.
Tell My Horse
Tell My Horse is a 1938 non-fiction work by Zora Neale Hurston that blends travel writing, anthropology, and folklore to explore Caribbean religions and cultures, particularly in Jamaica and Haiti.
-
B.
The Eagle
The Eagle is a 1925 silent adventure film starring Rudolph Valentino as a dashing Russian outlaw hero.
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C.
Song to a Seagull
Song to a Seagull is the 1968 debut studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, showcasing her early folk sound and poetic lyricism.
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D.
The Dragon in My Garage
"The Dragon in My Garage" is a famous illustrative chapter by Carl Sagan that uses the idea of an invisible, undetectable dragon to explain the importance of skepticism and the scientific method in evaluating extraordinary claims.
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E.
Maimies
Maimies is an alternate historical name for the Mayaimi people, a Native American group that once inhabited the Lake Okeechobee region of present-day Florida.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
ⓘ
novel ⓘ |
| adaptation | film adaptation ⓘ |
| author | Yaşar Kemal ⓘ |
| characterArc | transformation from oppressed villager to legendary bandit ⓘ |
| characterType | outlaw hero ⓘ |
| conflictType | individual vs. oppressive social order ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Turkey ⓘ |
| depicts |
feudal landowner-peasant relations
ⓘ
village life in Anatolia ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure novel
ⓘ
novel ⓘ political novel ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| hasSequel |
İnce Memed
ⓘ
surface form:
İnce Memed 2
İnce Memed 3 ⓘ İnce Memed 4 ⓘ |
| hasTranslation |
English translation
ⓘ
multiple foreign language translations ⓘ |
| influenced | perception of peasant struggles in Turkish literature ⓘ |
| literaryForm | realist fiction ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Turkish literature ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | landmark of modern Turkish narrative prose ⓘ |
| literaryStatus | classic of Turkish literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Memed, My Hawk
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Memed
|
| narrativeForm | prose ⓘ |
| notableFor |
creation of a legendary folk-hero figure
ⓘ
strong social and political commentary ⓘ vivid depiction of Anatolian landscape ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Turkish ⓘ |
| originalTitle | İnce Memed ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | İnce Memed series ⓘ |
| protagonistBackground | young villager ⓘ |
| protagonistRole | bandit ⓘ |
| protagonistSymbolism | symbol of resistance ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Turkey ⓘ |
| settingLocation | rural Anatolia ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
class struggle
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heroism ⓘ peasant resistance ⓘ resistance against feudal oppression ⓘ revenge ⓘ social injustice ⓘ tyranny and oppression ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Memed, My Hawk Description of subject: "Memed, My Hawk" is a classic Turkish novel by Yaşar Kemal that follows a young villager’s transformation into a legendary bandit and symbol of resistance against feudal oppression.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Memed
this entity surface form:
Memed