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. Purpose of The Research: İt is tried to analyse the symbols, images... in brief all of the spatial metaphors in the poems focusing on İstanbul, and to compare differences in comprehensions and imaginations, raised in these poetic works. Data Sources: Yahya Kemal’s, Orhan Veli’ and İlhan Berk’s poetries Main Discussion: To point out how historical changes, poetic postures, ideolojical perspectives and personal features shaped their form of perception and reflection of the city, where those figures lived in. Results: İstanbul is for Yahya Kemal, the embodied soul of a civilization, for Orhan Veli a centre of living, in spite of any kind of confliction in it, that owned a big rhythm and energy; for İlhan Berk.an indispensible chaos, that modernized, by experiencing a multi-cultural and multi-religious historical process

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