Ali Nazimâ and effect of Second Constitution era's political polices to children's literature

In this study, firstly biographical information and works, which are plenty, of Ali Nazimâ, an educator-writer who was educated in the late Ottoman period, were compiled and then brief explanations on his works were made. Then, the reflections of the Second Constitutional Era policies on his work named Hazine-i Kıraat yahut Çocuklara İki Hikâye (1912) has been defined which was composed of 200 stories written for children and transcripted to Latin alphabet for this thesis. In the study, it is attempted to reach general opinions from each text one by one and induction method was applied. In the stories that are considered to be politically direct, it is aimed to increase the quality of the analysis by close reading. As a result, the footprints of the political ideas which was wanted to spread by the Union and Progress Government, has been found clearly in the texts and the "Ideal Citizen" identity, is revealed. In addition, it has been determined that the concern about to preach a moral advices, which is generally prevalent in the stories are not purposeless. In the conclusion of the work, it is revealed as a thesis that, In the Second Constitutional Era of the Ottoman Empire, it was struggled tu build modern indivudals who were hardworking, patient, obedient, inclined to trade, and desiring to be rich or developed themselves in agriculture, and also the children's literature was used for political purposes. Key Words: Ali Nazimâ, Hazine-i Kıraat yahut Çocuklara İki Yüz Hikâye, Second Constitution, children's literatüre, ideal citizen