Sefa Kaplan (life-poems)

Sefa Kaplan, one of the most prominent representatives of contemporary Turkish poetry after 1980, achieves uniqueness by combining tradition and contemporary orientations.The authenticity of the poet is not only a matter of personal savings, but it is also important to take tradition from a new point of view. He uses traditional and contemporary forms in his poems in accordance with his personal style. Because the form and the style is important at the same time for Sefa Kaplan. The poet, who does not exaggerate in his personal savings and does not push the boundaries of the language, deals with the dominant issues of Turkish and world literature such as death, love, woman, loneliness. He also, the his attitude of form continues theme. Tradition; the poet takes an innovative and personal approach, takes great care not to disturb the structure of the tradition. There is a strong self emphasis in his poems. They process their intellectual and emotional breakdowns in their poetry with a cultural, literary and philosophical background. Because of this the his language, the intricate appears most of the time. Sefa Kaplan; traditional literary style and form, reaches into a unique and different world combining personal life . But this world; her away from self, society, and culture and causes hardening of style. The poet begins to criticize and question himself, goes from the singular to the whole. Because there is a pessimistic world of the Kaplan. He aims to can express inner chaos with poetic means. The sources he feeds lead to a versatile style. So you can collect different styles and reach your own voice from here. He takes from pessimism and from the vast literary and cultural wealth behind his poetry. Moreover, he can be considered the most pessimistic poet of Turkish poetry.