Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar (1901-1962), one of the renowned figures of modern Turkish literature, accorded dreams a special place in his artistic vision. Influenced by the impressionist and symbolist figures of French literature, particularly in poetry, Tanpınar was also under the influence of Marcel Proust, a significant name in French literature, in his novels. After reading Paul Valery's Monsieur Teste, Tanpınar's understanding of poetry changed completely, and he argued that the language of poetry should be constructed in a dreamlike atmosphere. This is because French poets such as Stéphane Mallarmé, Paul Valery, Paul Verlaine, and Arthur Rimbaud argued that there are special relationships between poetry and dreams, and between poetry and music. Tanpınar states that dreams can be used in two ways in works of art. The first is to use dreams as they are in novels, stories, or poems, and the second is to construct novels, stories, or poems in a dreamlike atmosphere. Tanpınar prefers the latter. Some sections of his novels, many of his stories, and almost all of his poems give the reader the feeling of being in a dreamlike atmosphere. Tanpınar believes that dreams are a symbolic expression of data related to the unconscious. Therefore, Tanpınar's language is metaphorical and symbolic, and is actually the language of dreams. On the other hand, Tanpınar establishes specific relationships between the dreams seen by the characters and the events or content of the literary text. For example, in the novel Huzur, there are conscious connections established by the author between the dreams seen by Mümtaz and his experiences, and again in Saatleri Ayarlama Enstitüsü, between the experiences of the characters and the dreams they see. However, since the connections are established through a symbolic language, understanding the relationship between the dream and the event requires special study. Consequently, this article, which addresses the degree of connection between the dreams of the characters in Tanpınar's novels and the plot, must inevitably include interpretations of Tanpınar's language. Because even if Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar's characters do not dream, the language that describes their world is the language of dreams. The way to determine artists' understanding of art is to grasp the nature of their works rather than their ideas. Tanpınar's novels, stories, and poems show how they relate to the atmosphere of dreams.