Orduya Arzuhal (A Letter to the Army)


A letter to the army (Orduya Arzuhal) written by Mustafa Fevzi b. Numan is a literary, epic piece of art write that addresses the subject of war. The work epically narrates heroism of the Ottoman soldiers in the First World War in which the most difficult conflicts in the history of the Ottoman Empire took place and the struggle for existence was showed. The author devoted his work, in which he discussed the alliances in the world war, the fronts the Ottoman Empire took part in and frontal attacks, to soldiers. The work where the concepts such as glory, honour, martyrdom, ghazi, Bedr’in aslanları (the term used for the companions of the prophet Muhammed fighting in Bedir war), hero, conquest, war and enemy, was printed in the military printing house in Istanbul in 1331 and distributed to the soldiers on the front. It reassured the soldiers, promoted feelings of bravery, heroism and sacrifice to the highest level, summoned the nation to unity and solidarity, and brought national and national feelings to the highest level. The poem consisting of 68 cantos touched on Bedir, Balkan, the '93 war, World War I and Dardanelles War. Literary delegations were sent to the front by the Ministry of War to better explain the war conditions of the state to the public. The works written by literary delegations were delivered to the public by the state. Orduya Arzuhal (A letter to the army) is a work that was printed in the military printing house by the Ministry of War and distributed to the soldiers on the front. Mustafa Fevzi is someone who knows the military and the feelings of the soldier more closely because he has an army officer having the title between captain and major in the Navy Organization. This situation reflected to his poems. In this study, A Letter to Army (Orduya Arzuhal), an example of war literature, was introduced, brief information was given about the wars that the poet mentioned, the work was literally examined, verse-hadith quotes and their connotations were determined and the transcript text was presented.


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A Letter to Army (Orduya Arzuhal), War Literature, Mustafa Fevzi, World War I, Dardanelles War.

Author : Mehmet ŞAHİN
Number of pages: 819-842
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.29228/TurkishStudies.43516
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Turkish Studies - Language and Literature
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