Contemporary Turkish Poetry- A Selection

[in CONTEMPORARY TURKISH POETRY] Efforts to create a reciprocity, a fluidity between the elements of international culture and those of traditional culture are manifest. Basically the question is one of transition from a poetry originating in the peripheries to a poetry composed within the framework of the global community.Ahmet Oktay[the work of CONTEMPORARY TURKISH POETS is] a prism that emits innumerable types of light. It embodies a unique synthesis which is rich in its literary and cultural elements and promises to gain greater diversity as it voraciously ...

[in CONTEMPORARY TURKISH POETRY] Efforts to create a reciprocity, a fluidity between the elements of international culture and those of traditional culture are manifest. Basically the question is one of transition from a poetry originating in the peripheries to a poetry composed within the framework of the global community.Ahmet Oktay[the work of CONTEMPORARY TURKISH POETS is] a prism that emits innumerable types of light. It embodies a unique synthesis which is rich in its literary and cultural elements and promises to gain greater diversity as it voraciously ...