Turkish poetry poetics of tanzimat period

This thesis aims to reveal poetics of the period that based on the qualified texts of poets of the Tanzimat period on poems. So far, the poets of Tanzimat are dealt individually in the conducted studies and usually researches were on sing ular poetics with reference to the theoretical texts. However, this study is dwelling on all texts written by poets on poems and poetic understanding of the period based on in verse poetics. Poetic aims to find out components that made the poems literary. Therefore, concern of poetic is the work of poet and his writings on the poems. This approach has been adopted in this study and the factors made the Tanzimat poems as literary are ascertained through qualitative poetics texts of poets. It is seen that poets of Tanzimat period who take the western literature as an example are established their poetic on the contradiction of Ottoman poetry and attempt to construct the new concept of the poem over this controversy. At the end of the study, we conclude that the basis of the Tanzimat period poetic is the first phase of the poem understanding that survive until today. It is constituted through the principal of "compliance with truth and nature" and understanding of authentic literature shaped by Namık Kemal. In particular, the concept of truth and nature are examined completely different from tradition of the Ottoman Poetry. Accordingly, an approach in line with "wisdom and science" is adopted. It is seen that all other elements of poetry is evaluated on these principles axis. Key Concepts: Tanzimat Poetry, Poetic, Truth and Nature