The Time Regulation Institute

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The Time Regulation Institute is a satirical novel by Turkish author Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar that critiques modernization and bureaucracy in early 20th-century Turkey.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel
satirical novel
author Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar
centralInstitution Time Regulation Institute
countryOfOrigin Turkey
critiques blind imitation of the West
state bureaucracy
culturalContext Republican-era Turkey
explores individual and society
tension between tradition and modernity
genre satire
social critique
hasCharacter Dr. Ramiz
Halit Ayarcı
Hayri İrdal
hasTitleInOriginalLanguage Saatleri Ayarlama Enstitüsü
literaryForm prose
literaryMovement modernist literature
mainTheme Westernization
bureaucracy
modernization in Turkey
social change
narrativePerspective first-person narration
notableFor allegorical portrayal of modernization
critique of Turkish bureaucracy
originalLanguage Turkish
settingLocation Turkey
settingPeriod early 20th century
tone ironic
satirical

Referenced by (5)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar ("Saatleri Ayarlama Enstitüsü")
Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar
Turkish literature
notableWork
The Time Regulation Institute ("Time Regulation Institute")
centralInstitution
The Time Regulation Institute ("Saatleri Ayarlama Enstitüsü")
hasTitleInOriginalLanguage

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