Examination of Hasan Latif Sarıyüce's children's poems in terms of children's literature and Turkish teaching

Children's literature has an important role in children's education. Children's poems are very important for the personal and academic development of children among children's literature products. Author Hasan Latif Sarıyüce has also produced literary works for children. Among these works, there are also poems written for children. In this research, children's poems of Hasan Latif Sarıyüce were examined in terms of children's literature and Turkish teaching. The review consists of four main parts. In the first part, children and childhood, the historical course of children's literature, the place of poetry in children's literature and 2019 Turkish Curriculum; in the second part, the author's life and works, in the third part, the examination of the poems according to the determined examination criteria, and in the fourth part, findings and comments. 36 poems constituting the sample of the research were examined in terms of verse structure, elements of harmony, meter, title, theme, subject, language and expression, values and rhetoric. As a result of the examination, it was determined that syllabic meter was used in 19 poems, and 17 poems were written with a free verse sense. It has been determined that the titles of 33 poems reflect the content, the themes of 36 poems are compatible with the 2019 Curriculum of Turkish Language Lesson, the topics of 36 poems are suitable for children's lives, interests and needs, 35 poems are of a quality that children can understand in terms of language and expression, there are values in 17 poems and rhetoric in 25 poems. Poems that were found appropriate at the end of the study were suggested on a class basis. Key Words:Hasan Latif Sariyuce, children's literature, Turkish teaching, children's poems.