Mother in Turkish poetry after 1980 (1980-2010)

In modern Turkish poetry, the theme of mother has maintained its feature of being one of the basic themes in poetry from past to present. In the early periods of modern Turkish poetry, the theme of mother, which was closely connected with the biographies of poets, has changed its content throughout the historical period, the subject has been approached from various perspectives, thus the boundaries of the subject have expanded by gaining a multi-layered structure. In Turkish poetry before 1980, the theme of mother appears with themes like mother-homeland relationship, maternal death, the desire to return to the womb, motherhood in social life, mother as an ideal symbol, and being remembered with childhood. These themes are continued after 1980 and many more are added to these themes. After 1980, the number of poems that address mother with a feminist consciousness increases. The universal qualities of mother and her representation in society become more visible in poetry. As a result of the political and social life of the 80s and 90s, period-specific mother themes emerge. This thesis has revealed the themes within which the subject of "mother" was addressed in poetry between 1980 and 2010. These poems were analyzed by using information on the psychological, mythological and feminist basis of the concept of mother and the poets' poetic aesthetics. The analyzed poems were classified according to the feelings, thoughts and facts that dominate the content and the subject was presented with a holistic structure.