MEHMET AKİF ERSOY VE YAHYA KEMAL BEYATLI’YI BİRLEŞTİREN UNSUR OLARAK BALKANLAR
THE BALKANS AS A UNİFYİNG ELEMENT FOR MEHMET AKİF ERSOY AND YAHYA KEMAL BEYATLI

Summary/Abstract: Mehmet Âkif Ersoy and Yahya Kemal Beyatlı are known as the sons of the Balkan lands. Although Mehmet ‘Âkif Ersoy was born and raised in Istanbul, his father was born and raised in the Suşitsa region of Kosovo and when he was 27 years old he moved to Istanbul for education. Yahya Kemal Beyatlı was born in Skopje and lived the happiest days of his childhood in his hometown. In this study, we will analyze the two leading names of Turkish literature within the framework of the Balkan theme, due to the fact that they are from the Balkans. The Balkans will be discussed from the point of view of the importance of the writers, both the loss of the Balkans and their private lives. In this study, starting from this common point of Mehmet Akif Ersoy and Yahya Kemal Bayatlı, we will attempt to determine the effects of the Balkans on them as a geographical uniting element for the two great poets.

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