@article{2019,title={RIZA TEVFIK’S OPINIONS ABOUT DIVAN LITERATURE AND FUZULI AND SOME OF HIS UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPTS},abstractNode={In this study, the opinions of Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı (d. 1949) about Divan Literature and Fuzuli are compiled. As a sophisticated figure in 20. century Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı was a prominent poet, writer, philosopher and politician. The study continues with the analysis of his manuscripts discovered from his legacy. These handwritings, which mostly included his evaluations about Divan Literature and Fuzuli, were transcribed into a text. As a figure of literature, Rıza Tevfik was mostly recognized as a poet. He was also known as having negative thoughts about Divan literature, and we see this approach also in his manuscripts. Although, he described Fuzuli as “fıtrat-ı şairane” (natural born poet), he asserted that the reason for Fuzuli not being “great and genius” was the Divan Literature’s structure, which did not allow novelty and creativity. On the other side, the manuscripts include some degree of inconsistency about Divan literature and Fuzuli. While Rıza Tevfik found Divan literature as unsatisfying, he also pointed out that this tradition had a tremendous tone and raised great poets. Moreover, despite his criticisms, his opinions about Fuzuli’s literary character were mostly positive. The aspects which were criticized by Rıza Tevfik about Fuzuli were mostly about Fuzuli’s characteristics shaped by Divan Literature’s general structure. The descriptions about literature and poetry within these manuscripts contribute to Rıza Tevfik’s poetics and provide supplementary information for existent knowledge. These manuscripts also include valuable information about the literary characters of Rıza Tevfik and Fuzuli.},author={Leyla ALPTEKİN},year={2019},journal={Turkish Studies - Language and Literature}}