Turkish Literature

Turkish literature is divided into two parts as written and folk. Turkish people used a variety of Turkish language and letters until they chose Islam as their religion. However later, they started using Persian and Arabic literature. During the period of Ottoman, they have written literal texts which were written by a mixture of both Persian and Arabic letters and forms. Especially the empire’s circle used a literature generally affected from Persian literature. On the other hand, the people of Anatolia were far away from understanding and using such a literature so they  preferred folk culture.

Turkish literature depends on a past of 1500 years. ‘Dede Korkut’ epic is one of the earliest folk materials of this history. Turkish republic used national literature rather than the previous kinds. The new writers tried to mention nationalism, independence and country’s problems, they criticized the literature men wrote individualism in their writings. Anatolia culture and popular subjects were the main streams of that term. Due to the influence of  II world war, social problems and village life were put forward. ‘Aşık’ and ‘Tekke’ literature lost the value owing to the modernization. Moreover ‘Divan Literature’ was given off because Turkish language was accepted the prior one in terms of Language Revolution. Modern Turkish Culture gave the examples of fiction, novel, poetry, theatre, essays and variety of them. Furthermore the effects of postmodernism were seen in them.