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The aim of the present paper is to analyse a tendency shared by some contemporary Turkish post-modern novelists, which lies in the use of Ottoman Turkish vocabulary in their literary works. Today, this is largely regarded as old fashioned language and it is not commonly used by Turkish writers. This is directly connected with the fact that knowledge of the Ottoman Turkish words is limited and it continues to decline. In this article I will depict reasons for the renewed popularity of the language of the Ottoman predecessors as well as methods of its introduction into modern Turkish language. The basis for my considerations will be a novel by İhsan Oktay Anar entitled Suskunlar and two novels by Elif Şafak, entitled Mahrem and Araf.