Abstract:

Water is an important image used in Turkish literature since ancient times. It is used to express different phenomena from the period of Anonymous Folk Literature to the poems of the Republic Period. According to Ziya Gökalp, Shamanist Turks attribute sanctity to water and make it a cult just like fire, wood, and iron. In Turkish beliefs, water is considered the beginning of existence. When we examine the oldest Turkish sagas, we see that water is an element of nature that gives life and strength. In Sufi literature, water signifies the manifestation of God. Divan poetry, on the other hand, water has a religious quality. The image of water in Ahmet Hâşim's poems takes place in many of his poems as a part of the poet's poetics.  The water image is seen in the name of the Göl Saatleri. Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı establishes the contrast between death and life with the water images in his poems. Necip Fazıl Kısakürek has eight poems called "Water". Many poets frequently refer to the image of "water" in Turkish poetry in the Republican period and in Contemporary Turkish poetry. Sennur Sezer includes the image of "water" in her poems from her first book to last book. Sometimes she uses water literally, sometimes as the change itself. Sezer who has a socialist-realistic understanding of art, not only includes the image of "water" in her poems in this framework, but also allows it to gain meaning in philosophical dimensions. She uses an expression close to folk poetry by presenting a dialectical contrast. She talks about the subjects she touched on in her poems such as labor, peace, love and freedom with water.

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