Abstract:

Âşık Mahzunî Şerif, one of the most important poets of our age, aroused deep feelings in the hearts of Turkish people both in his poems and in the folk songs he sang. His folk songs were not only about love, separation, but were notated through a satirical and critical language that reached the level of religious content from political content. His upright stance in the face of all kinds of injustice, his uncompromising value judgments, and his insubordination to the oppressor are reflected in the works of “ Âşık Mahzunî Şerif”. There are many messages from poverty, expatriateness, unity and solidarity, the feeling of brotherhood, in short, social events in his folk songs. In this study on the content and subjects of Âşık Mahzunî Şerif folk songs, hundreds of poems of our poet and the folk songs he sang were analyzed one by one. In the titles that we discussed in the findings part of our study, the vocabulary in the folk songs, the themes they mentioned, some political figures were determined and interpreted. “Âşık Mahzunî Şerif” folk songs are a collection of works that express the general problems of the Turkish people. Many issues that left deep wounds in the conscience of the species society were transferred from one language to another.” Âşık Mahzunî Şerif”, his is brave., Has shouted out the criticisms that many artists could not think and express in his poems and ballads.

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