Abstract:

Human values shaped by the society we live in are the most important building blocks that keep a society alive in terms of socio-cultural belonging. Considered as social values; The concepts of respect, love, understanding, freedom, right, fairness, equality, cooperation, solidarity, honesty, hard work, compassion, mercy, solidarity are also important cultural heritages and counted among the important moral and social values that should be conveyed to new generations. Literature plays an important role in transferring values from generation to generation. Yaşar Kemal, in his works, has covered many subjects in the name of human and social values, witnessing many events he was exposed to in the environment he lived in his childhood. In this study examining the social role of values; In his stories, Yaşar Kemal blended his stories with the values of justice, equity, peace, equality, freedom, democracy, social welfare and human rights, and it has been determined that he allows the judgment of conscience and the transfer of human values to the readers with the good and bad characters he brings to life. In this context, when his works are examined, it is possible to say that Yaşar Kemal is shaped on the characters, human love, values and tolerance. In his stories in which good and bad characters draw attention, Yaşar Kemal often brings these two characters face to face, bringing together the sources of human values, right and wrong, and plays a guiding role in shaping their lives. While telling how Anatolian people struggle with poverty and adverse environmental conditions in his stories, he also reminiscent of Chekhov's storytelling, while telling how Anatolian people struggle with poverty and adverse environmental conditions. There is a sincere 'I' in his narratives. It tells the Anatolian people with a deep semantic sharpness and satire, about the cruelty of the order in which people have lost themselves, what the state could not do or what was done incompletely.