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Cahit (Saffet) Irgat (1915-1971), one of the 1940 Socialist Realist Generation poets, publishes his first poems in 1935 with the signature of Cahit Saffet. After these romantic poems he wrote under the influence of the tradition, the socialist adopts realism and changes its style. In the 1940s, the Strange Understanding and Social Realism, which are two dominant speeches of Turkish poetry, remain under the influence of their own voice over time. Unlike other socialist realistic poets, it is not to the village and rural life, but to the image of the city life, and from the first poem book The Children of This City (1945) in his poems, the city image comes to us as a key element. The image and impressions of the city by observing it becomes a poem material. The same attitude continues in the poem books My Winds Talks (1947), Ortalık (1952) and Irgat's Turkusu (1969) which he later published. Despite his poetry of hope, he has a pessimistic attitude in the city’s life and people’s eyes. Especially the II. In his poems, which reflect the socio-economic conditions of the World War, he considers the city as a place where poverty travels. My Winds Speak, is dedicated to the cities invaded during the war, and contains the emotions of a poetic essence that experiences the city in the war environment. Irgat writes many of his poems, being under the influence of the war atmosphere; for when he looks at the city he sees death. In this study, the work of Cahit Irgat, who writes poems referring to the problems of society with a realistic perspective, will explore how the poet experiences the place and how the city's language is transmitted to the poet.

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Cahit (Saffet) Irgat (1915 – 1971), who was one of the poets of 1940 Socialist Realist Poetry Group, published his first poems with the signature of Cahit Saffet in the magazine Varlık in 1935. After writing those romantic poems under the influence of the "syllabist" movement, he adopted the socialist- realism trend and changed his style. Although he was influenced by the two dominant movements of Turkish poetry in the 1940s, Garip and Socialist - Realism, he eventually found his own voice. Contrary to other socialist-realist poets, he tends to describe city life instead of village and country, and the image of the city appears as a dominant element in his first poetry book Bu Şehrin Çocukları (1945). He transformes the images and impressions obtained by observing the city into poetical material. He continues the same attitude in his other poetry books, Rüzgârlarım Konuşuyor (1947), Ortalık (1952) and Irgat’ın Türküsü (1969). Although he deals with the theme of hope in his poems, he has a pessimistic attitude towards the life and people of the city. Especially, in his poems which reflect the socio-economic conditions of World War II he treats the city as a place where poverty exists. Rüzgârlarım Konuşuyor is dedicated to cities invaded during the war and includes the emotions of a poetry subject experiencing the city in a war atmosphere. Irgat wrote many of his poems under the influence of the Second World War atmosphere. Because when he looks at the city, he sees death. This study will examine how the poet experienced the space and how he transferred the language of the city to his poetry based on the image of the city that came to the fore in the works of Cahit Irgat, who wrote poems that touched on the problems of society with a realistic perspective.