Özet:

The Turkish poet, with its historical identity, has been seen as a unique cultural richness that has continued within a certain tradition for centuries. In the 20th century, hundreds of masters of speech, under the name of the tradition of minstrelsy, performed their arts in instrument assemblies. Some of these artists attracted the attention of the society with their unique identities or worldviews, and their real names were forgotten under their pseudonyms. One of these names is Ozan Arif. Ozan Arif's name was commemorated with Turkish nationalism and the idealist movement, and he was given the titles of "the voice of national feelings" and "Dede Korkut Of The Age" by his fans. Ozan Arif succeeded in fulfilling his mission with his art, his performance on the stage and his mastery in reading poetry set him apart from other contemporaries. He especially engraved his poems, in which he criticized the 12 September Revolution, and the state of the people who suffered, into the memory of the society, and waited for the day when they would be discovered as oral history documents. This situation emerged when we compared the way Ozan Arif wrote or sang his poems with his own expressions and the memories of people who were tortured at that time. This memories were engraved into verses, poured into verse and entered into people’s memories in a way that sound integrity was achieved with rhymes. Thus power of poetry was accepted by the readers/listeners.

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