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CHAPTER 8 – YABAN, KADRO, ANKARA 
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new and they exploit situations only for their own interest. Most importantly they 
seem to be unaffected by the war not even at the time when the battles were drawing 
nearer to them
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. 
The first part also introduces the reader to three characters who will play an 
important part in the novel. They are Murat Bey, a respectable gentleman who finds 
Western ways difficult despite the effort and money he puts into them, Hakkı Bey, at 
this stage a gallant war hero but subsequently an etiolated bureaucrat and Neşet 
Sabit
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, a sort of ideal intellectual who voices opinions identical to those found 
outside fiction only in 
Kadro
. The latter pair will work their magic on Selma Hanım. 
Hakkı Bey will arouse her national consciousness before becoming her husband 
while Neşet Sabit will inspire thoughts of nationalism and socialism and eventually 
induce her to ditch Hakkı Bey. 
Selma Hanım appears to be a woman of determination. She struggles against 
bedbugs and the poor hygiene of the courtyard she shares with the owners of their 
house. Encouraged by Hakkı Bey to take part in the national struggle she is sent to 
Eskişehir as a nurse. She did not stay long though because Eskişehir was evacuated 
as a result of the great assault. Short as this was, it was an experience whose memory 
endured; most importantly her impression of the Great Chief whose face was seen 
and voice was heard amidst a rain of fire
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. His face is calm, determined and heroic. 
His voice is firm and warm. Mustafa Kemal made such strong impression on Selma 
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Karaosmanoğlu 1934, 21, 37, 64-65 
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Karaosmanoğlu 1934, 26, 30 and 66 respectively 
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Karaosmanoğlu 1934, 73 

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