Ömer Seyfettin is one of our writers who lived in the last periods of the Ottoman Empire and left deep traces in Turkish literature. The author, who has an important place in the formation and development of the Turkism movement, also achieves important works in shaping the Turkish Literature of the Republican period. The things he wanted to be done about Turkish in Genç Kalemler magazine came into being with Republic. Considered an important Turkish intellectual as well as a penman, the author deals with the problems of his time and seeks solutions to them. As the defender, the only way for the Ottoman Empire to get rid of the situation it was in, is to unite around the idea of Turkism, the penman especially opposes the Ottomanism intellectual movement. This is seen in some of the writer’s stories and articles. In his studies, only the texts containing the idea of Ottomanism and the criticism of this ideology will be emphasized among the articles and stories of the author.  In this context, The stories “Ashab-ı Kehfimiz” and “Freedom Flags” appear as two important Works in which the bankruptcy of Ottomanism, which can be considered the official ideology of the Ottoman Empire, is told.

Ömer Seyfettin, story, Ottomanism, criticism, article