IMPACTS OF BALKAN WARS ON THE BIRTH OF TURKISH NATIONALISM: EXAMPLES FROM NAZIM HİKMET’S YOUTHFUL POEMS (1913-1930)

Abstract

This study examines the influence of the Balkan Wars on the formation of Turkish nationalism through examples from the youth poems of Nazım Hikmet. The traces of the traumas created by the spatial and cultural consequences of the Balkan Wars on the Turkish intellectuals of the postwar period have been tried to be interpreted through literary works. In this context, inferences were made through quotations from Nazım Hikmet’s poems written between 1913 and 1930.

Keywords

• Nazim Hikmet,Trauma,Balkans,Poetry

BALKAN SAVAŞLARI’NIN TÜRK MİLLİYETÇİLİĞİNİN DOĞUŞUNA ETKİLERİ: NAZIM HİKMET’İN GENÇLİK ŞİİRLERİNDEN ÖRNEKLER (1913-1930)

Abstract

Bu çalışma, Balkan Savaşları’nın Nazım Hikmet’in gençlik şiirlerinden örneklerle Türk milliyetçiliğinin oluşumuna etkisini incelemektedir. Balkan Savaşlarının savaş sonrası dönemin Türk aydınları üzerindeki mekânsal ve kültürel sonuçlarının yarattığı travmaların izleri edebi eserler üzerinden yorumlanmaya çalışılmıştır. Bu bağlamda, Nazım Hikmet'in 1913-1930 yılları arasında yazdığı şiirlerinden alıntılar yaparak çıkarımlar yapılmıştır.

Keywords

• Nazım Hikmet,Travma,Balkanlar,Şiir

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