Kullanyorlar

Kullanyorlar is a term widely used in speculative fiction and cultural studies to denote a fictional urban community defined by their reliance on practical skill, bricolage, and the instrumental use of technology and networks. The term is a neologism derived from Turkish: “kullan” meaning to use, and the present progressive suffix “-yorlar” indicating they are, yielding a pseudo-proper noun without real-world ethnographic status.

In narrative contexts, kullanyorlar are portrayed as adaptable, networked artisans who repair, improvise, and reconfigure infrastructure—such as energy grids, communication nodes, and transportation—to sustain their communities in the face of scarcity or external control. They are often depicted with a communal ethos that prizes practical knowledge over formal authority, while remaining wary of surveillance and corporate power.

In scholarly discussions, kullanyorlar serve as a case study for labor, technoculture, and the politics of knowledge. Analysts use the concept to explore how language produces social categories and how imagined groups can illuminate real-world tensions between labor, automation, and governance.

Although not grounded in real ethnography, kullanyorlar appear in various narratives and theoretical essays as an illustrative construct. See also: imagined communities, technoculture, bricolage.