Psychoanalysis, developed by Sigmund Freud, is a field of science that aims to identify the source of human behavior. Psychoanalysis aims to reveal the causes of behavioral disorders by investigating the inner conflicts and motives of human beings by referring to processes such as the subconscious and the unconscious while trying to understand and explain their mental state. Just as psychoanalysis is used to analyze human behavior, it is also possible to "examine" literary works in the same way to reveal the psychological dimension of the cast of characters and the events that these people go through. This study, it is aimed to analyze the dreams in Ömer Seyfettin's stories with the psychoanalytic point of view developed by Freud and carried further by many names.

Ömer Seyfettin, one of the important writers of Turkish literature, has added power and new possibilities to his stories through dreams, and intensely processed the psychological states of the story heroes with the dreams he included in the fiction of his stories. In this regard, especially when Ömer Seyfettin's effort to produce a study called Psychology and Five Kinds of Logic is taken into account, his interest in human psychology becomes more evident. The reflection of his interest in the stories he wrote makes it possible to examine the stories from a psychoanalytic perspective. 

The dream in Ömer Seyfettin's stories is an extremely important element in the fiction of the stories. The fact that Ömer Seyfettin transforms dreams into a fictional tool in his 18 stories shows that he has the power of expression to turn it into a narrative, as well as his knowledge and experience in human psychology. The dream is not an artificial element in any story. The story is processed in a way that reflects the unconscious of the person and the society. Ömer Seyfettin, who chose his heroes from different segments and age groups, created “persons, characters, and types” that allow deep/intensive psychological analyzes through dreams.

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