Examining Orhan Kemal stories in terms of children's literature principles

The importance of children, who are the gatewaysof societies to the future, has changed their content in their literary works. In this context, the question has arisen in what way children should be included in the artwork. Orhan Kemal has produced socialist realistic literary works. The aim of this research is to examine the stories in the books of Orhan Kemal's fifty kuruş chocolate, rat-sleep, the adventures of Inci and lion, rabbit, puppy in terms of children's literature principles. The author chose his heroes from the little people of small circles. Orhan Kemal, who created characters of all ages, was sometimes able to make a small child the protagonist of a story. In this study, the lives of the child heroes in the stories mentioned above of the author and their appropriateness to children's literatüre gave in a classification appropriate to the contents of their stories. When the research is completed, Orhan Kemal's contribution to the field of children's literatüre determined. Keywords: Orhan Kemal's Artistic Perspective, Child, Children's Literature