
He was born on June 10, 1914, in Trabzon. His father was the renowned poet Samih Rifat, who served as the governor of Trabzon and the first founding president of the Turkish Language Association. His mother was Münevver Hanım, daughter of Hasan Enver Pasha and sister of Ayşe Celile Hanım, mother of Nâzım Hikmet. His family was known in Manastır as "Horozcu". Although he himself did not use this surname in some sources, he is still referred to as "Horozcu". His maternal grandfather was Mustafa Ce
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Yahya B. Keskin

Garip Hareketi, Orhan Veli Kanık, Oktay Rifat Horozcu ve Melih Cevdet Anday'ın temsilciliğini üstlendiği, XX. yüzyılda Türk şiirinde önemli bir dönüm noktası teşkil eden, modern Türk şiirine yön veren bir edebiyat akımıdır. Akım, 1941 yılında yayımlanan ve harekete adını veren Garip adlı ortak şiir kitabıyla edebiyat dünyasına resmen sunulmuştur. Garip Hareketi, Orhan Veli'nin 14 Kasım 1950'de vefat etmesi ve Yaprak dergisinin kapanmasıyla sona ermiştir.Ortaya Çıkışı ve Arka Plan Akımın kurucula
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Yahya B. Keskin

Oktay Rifat’s 1976 novel Bir Kadının Penceresinden is a work that showcases how a writer known in Turkish literature primarily for his poetic identity developed a unique narrative style in prose. The novel conveys a woman’s position within the patriarchal structure of society, her quest for individual existence, and the gender-based pressures she faces, all narrated through her inner world. At the same time, through its narrative style, it aims to follow an innovative trajectory outside the domi
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A A Sense of Alienation from Different PerspectivesContemporary Middle East societies were shaped through urbanization, forced displacement, along with the structural scars left by colonialism. Throughout the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries, the fragmentation of Ottoman territories, mandate system and Western interventions changed the borders, but people were forced to abandon their countries and identities, which most importantly caused them to lose their sense of belonging. This situation induced
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The Garip Movement is a literary movement that marked a pivotal turning point in 20th-century Turkish poetry and shaped the direction of modern Turkish poetry by representing Orhan Veli Kanık, Oktay Rifat Horozcu and Melih Cevdet Anday. The movement was formally introduced to the literary world in 1941 with the publication of the collective poetry anthology titled Garip, which gave the movement its name. The Garip Movement came to an end with the death of Orhan Veli on 14 November 1950 and the c
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Yahya B. Keskin

Oktay Rifat’ın 1976 yılında yayımlanan Bir Kadının Penceresinden adlı romanı, Türk edebiyatında şair kimliğiyle tanınan bir yazarın düzyazıda nasıl bir anlatım geliştirdiğini gösteren bir yapıttır. Roman, toplumun ataerkil yapısı içerisinde kadının konumunu, bireysel varoluş arayışını ve cinsiyet temelli baskıları bir kadının iç dünyasından aktararak anlatır. Aynı zamanda anlatı biçimiyle, dönemin roman anlayışının dışında yenilikçi bir çizgi izlemeyi amaçlar.İçerik ve TemaRoman, ismini aldığı g
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