Özet:

Mehmet Âkif Ersoy addressed the Western civilization and Western fact with care in his literary work “Safahat” comprising seven books; He pointed out the importance and necessity of Westernization in the social and political environments where “Westernization” and “civilization” concepts of 19th Century are considered to be included in the equivalence principle. According to Akif, Westernization is an important development that should be realized on a national ground by taking cultural, traditional and historical features of Turkish society into consideration. In this article, the affirmative approach of the author to Western civilization will be analyzed by taking his literary work Safahat as the center of the issue