Kuvâyi Milliye Destanı

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Kuvâyi Milliye Destanı is an epic narrative poem by Turkish writer Nâzim Hikmet that recounts the Turkish War of Independence and celebrates the spirit of the nationalist resistance movement.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf epic poem
literary work
narrative poem
associatedWith Republic of Turkey founding narrative
Turkish national identity
author Nâzim Hikmet
countryOfOrigin Turkey
depicts Anatolian resistance movement
Turkish War of Independence
surface form: Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)
focusesOn collective heroism rather than individual heroes
genre epic poetry
war poetry
hasPart sections about different regions of Anatolia
hasTitleInTurkish Kuvâyi Milliye Destanı self-link
ideologicalOrientation anti-fascist
leftist
inspiredBy Turkish War of Independence
literaryForm verse
literarySignificance canonical work in 20th-century Turkish literature
important example of Turkish epic poetry
major work of Nâzim Hikmet
mainSubject Kuva-yi Milliye
Turkish War of Independence
Turkish nationalist resistance
movement Turkish modernist poetry
socialist literature
narrativePerspective third-person narrative
originalLanguage Turkish
portrayalStyle documentary-like
lyrical
realist
portrays Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Turkish peasants
guerrilla fighters
ordinary Anatolian people
setting Anatolia
Battle of Sakarya
surface form: Sakarya Front

Izmir
surface form: İzmir
structure free verse
theme anti-imperialism
collective struggle
heroism
national liberation
patriotism
sacrifice
social realism
timePeriod 1919–1922

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Nâzim Hikmet notableWork Kuvâyi Milliye Destanı
Kuvâyi Milliye Destanı hasTitleInTurkish Kuvâyi Milliye Destanı self-link