The Military Coup of 12th March of 1971 and a Novel about the Generation of 68 Against this Coup : Those Born in 47’

Füruzan’s first novel Those Born in 47’ written in 1974 is actually about the arrests of 12th March of 1971 military coup. For this reason Those Born in 47’ is more than just a novel, it is an eminent work elucidating an important period of our recent history. In fact Those Born in 47’ is not a novel about the people born in 1947, but the novel of 68 generation; as the author describes the student protests of 1968 and the torture incidents of those who participated in the demonstrations followed by 12th March of military coup. In order to separate her novel from the other novels portraying March 12 military coup and save it from being categorized as such, Füruzan brings to the foreground the date of birth of 68 generation. The author names her novel after the prevailing roles, generations played in a historical period rather than their dates of birth. For instance, generation of 1940’s puts forward Anatolian idealism, generation of 1950’s experiences political separation and has an inclination to the country, generation of 1970’s is politically

Keywords

Füruzan, Those Born in 47’, political organization, novel, the generation of 68