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Aziz Nesin, who criticized the difficulties in society in a derisive and satirical manner, was also being inspired by daily events and he produced works almost in every branch of literature beginning in 1955. The author, who twice won the Italian Golden Palm Award in 1946 and in 1957, gradually won international fame and his books were translated into a myriad of foreign languages. |
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Muzaffer İzgü and Rıfat Ilgaz, known for his “Hababam Sınıfı” (Class of Hubbub) also came forth as successful authors in humor genre. |
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As for poetry, the easy-to-follow spoken language was replaced with a type of expression based on the association of words within a fancy order set up by the poet. This concept of poetry, illustrated in the works of poets such as Arif Nihat Asya, Cemal Süreya, Edip Cansever, Turgut Uyar, Ece Ayhan, İlhan Berk, Enis Batur, Özdemir Asaf and Kemal Özer, developed various orientations in later years. |
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In the period following 1960, social themes gained priority and the quest for new techniques and forms led to the enrichment of the Turkish language. Although the influence of the Second New Wave and the search for new forms were significant in the early works of young poets such as Yavuz Bülent Bakiler, Osman Atilla, Ayhan İnal, Feyzi Halıcı, Ataol Behramoğlu, İsmet Özel and Hilmi Yavuz who had started to write poems at the beginning of the 1960s, it is observed that their later works were influenced by the general tendency in poetry. The ongoing debates in the field of novel and short stories concerning the rural-urban issue became more widespread with the introduction of various theses on the social structure. Authors such as Orhan Kemal, Yaşar Kemal and Kemal Tahir continued to produce works in their own lines in the 1960s, too. On the other hand, authors such as Samim .Kocagöz, Attila İlhan, Tarık Buğra, Hasan İzzettin Dinamo and İlhan Selçuk would rather deal with recent history in their works. |
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In the 1970s, the direct relaying of thought and sensitivity enhanced the orientation to the current happenings in all genres of literature. During this period, authors like Çetin Altan, Pınar Kür, Tomris Uyar, Adalet Ağaoğlu, Sevgi Soysal, Tezer Özlü, Selim İleri, Bekir Yıldız and Ayla Kutlu produced works revealing various aspects of the social transformation and preva-lent in psychological analyses. In addition, Adalet Ağaoğlu was the first to employ the “flow of consciousness” technique in Turkish literature. |
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The alienation of society from politics in the 1980s led intel-lectuals to grow more interested in culture and the arts.
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Mustafa Necati Sepetçioğlu’s works on Turkish history, with themes ranging from the 1071 Malazgirt Victory to the decline of the Ottoman Empire to current social transformations and their effects, found an avid readership. His play “Büyük Otmarlar” (The Big Otmars) was selected the best play at the European Inter-University Theater Festival. He also received the Ministry of Education award with his play “Çardaklı Bakıcı”, Turkish National Culture Foundation’s Culture Award with his novels “Gece Vaktinde Gün Dönümü”. (Day’s |
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