@article{2020,title={Contrast Meaningfulness in Toktogul Satilganov's Poems},abstractNode={Toktogul Satylganov was born in the period of occupation of Kyrgyz lands by Russian Empire. Thus, his life was darkened disproportionately by calamitous moments. He used to consider the common people’s opinion in different kind of issues and avoid things that might harm people. Satylganov was the only Kygyz poet who was imprisoned and lived in exile for years. Regardless of the conditions of that period, he put into high priority the freedom and future of the Kyrgyz nation. Most of his his works reflect the tough period of that time. He gave great importance and value to Kyrgyz culture and literature. He was also known among people with his other talents like: playing on komuz, reciting epic Manas and participating on impromptu contest with other poets, also known as “Aitysh”. It is a form of oral folk song poetry. Despite the fact that during that period all his poems had been transmitted orally later on it was able to record majority of his poems. Poets in order to convey powerful thoughts and feelings sometimes whether consciously or subconciously use contradictions. It can be also observed in the poems of Satylganov. These contradictions are essential elements in determining the poet's world of thought and in obtaining a different perspective. In this study information about Satylganov’s life, poems, the meaning of concept and contradiction is given. Furthermore, 50 poems were selected from “Two volume collection of Toktogul’s works (Volume I-II)(1989)” from which words that carry opposite meaning were analyzed. The notions emerged from these words were examined as well. This study also aims to introduce Toktogul Satylganov and his works to Turkology Studies in Turkey and explore how the notion of contadicitons in his poems reflects his world of thoughts. },author={Osman ARICAN-Özlem TURAN},year={2020},journal={Turkish Studies - Language and Literature}}