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Yahya Kemal’s Poem “Akıncılar” And Folklore
In our study we try to present folkloric elements located in the poem “Akıncılar” by Yahya Kemal Beyatlı one of the important poets in Turkish Literature, firstly a brief information is given about the poet’s life and then the poem is examined. In the following part, folkloric findings in the poem are listed and finally it is shortly evaluated. In all branches of the art, the artists who present their products to the service of mankind can’t be abstracted social values and social environment which they belong to. This is valid in literature researches as well. Ignoring a poet’s or an author’s upbringing environment, believes, social aspect and intellectual quality leaves the researches made for evaluating him/her incomplete in some ways. Accordingly, the artists interact with the other old or new trends no matter which trend or period they belong to, which can be consciously or not. Consequently, Yahya Kemal is a great poet who generates data related to Turkish history, culture and folklore in his poems wonderfully in the Republic Period.

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Poem, Yahya Kemal, Folklore, Akıncılar, Literature
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