Opinions of the Turkish language and literature in the memoirs, interviews and letters of the poets and writers of the period of 1860-1896

Memories, interviews and letters hold an important place in the Turkish literature under the influence of the West. The poets and writers of the period 1860-1896 explain their views on various issues of Turkish language and literature in letters and interviews, especially letters. One of the most important communication tools in this period is the letter. New literature fans of the period communicate with each other through letters because they live in different countries and countries and evaluate developments in language and literature. The souvenir is a kind of poet and writer, who wrote and wrote low reliability. However, in the memoirs, the issues of language and literature were discussed more broadly than the letter. The periodic range of issues involved in a few interviews about this period is quite wide. Language issues in the memoirs, letters and interviews are discussed in the context of language and nationalism and focuses on the sufficiency, improvement, simplification and the influence of other languages on Turkish. In addition, the issues related to the structure of language such as alphabet, spelling, grammar, vocabulary; issues affecting language development, such as translation activities and language teaching. Literary issues are more often discussed in the new context. In addition, the definition, function and source of literature are mentioned. Poetry, novels and theater from literary genres; periodical changes and development of the poet and writers of the period. As far as Nazim-prose and criticism are concerned, various opinions are put forward. In this study, letters, memoirs and interviews of the period are evaluated in terms of language and literature issues. The views in these species are compared with the views in the articles, vestiges and deductions of the period.