Turkish literature

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Turkish literature is the body of written and oral works produced over centuries by Turkish-speaking peoples, ranging from classical Ottoman poetry and folk epics to modern novels and contemporary poetry.


Statements (74)
Predicate Object
instanceOf literature
national literature
country Turkey
genre drama
epic poetry
essay
folk tale
novel
poetry
short story
hasPart Anatolian Turkish literature
Divan literature
Ottoman literature
Republican era Turkish literature
Turkish Sufi literature
Turkish children’s literature
Turkish folk literature
Turkish oral epic tradition
Turkish theatre
contemporary Turkish literature
modern Turkish literature
influencedBy Arabic literature
French literature
Islamic literature
Persian literature
Russian literature
Western European literature
language Turkish language
majorReform language reform in Turkey
notableAuthor Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar
Ahmet Yesevi
Attilâ İlhan
Baki
Edip Cansever
Elif Şafak
Fuzuli
Halide Edib Adıvar
Mehmet Akif Ersoy
Nedim
Nâzim Hikmet
Orhan Pamuk
Orhan Veli Kanık
Oğuz Atay
Reşat Nuri Güntekin
Sait Faik Abasıyanık
Tevfik Fikret
Turgut Uyar
Yaşar Kemal
Yunus Emre
Ziya Gökalp
İlhan Berk
notableEpic Book of Dede Korkut
Epic of Köroğlu
notableWork Memed, My Hawk
My Name Is Red
Snow
The Time Regulation Institute
Tutunamayanlar
period Ottoman Empire
Republic of Turkey
religionContext Islam
Sufism
scriptHistory Latin alphabet
Ottoman Turkish alphabet
theme East–West conflict
identity
love
modernization
mysticism
rural life
social justice
urbanization
tradition oral literature
written literature

Referenced by (8)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Gulistan ("Ottoman literature")
Mehmet Akif Ersoy ("Republican-era Turkish literature")
Saadi ("Ottoman literature")
influenced
Turkish literature ("Republican era Turkish literature")
Turkish literature ("Divan literature")
hasPart
Memed, My Hawk
literaryMovement
Tevfik Fikret ("Edebiyat-ı Cedide")
movement
Turkish language
usedIn

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