Asaf Hâlet Çelebi, who is among significant poets of Modern Turkish Poetry, nourished his poetry with many sources such as mysticism, Indian philosophy, religions of the Far East. The poet rightly achieved the fame of being Modern mystic poet of his period, and is also among few poets who provided tradition and mysticism as references in his poetics. References of various cultures in his poems required his poems to built relationship with other texts. Comprehension of Asaf Hâlet’s culture poems depends on solving these texts. In addition to these various references, Asaf Hâlet employed parody poetry and used parody poetry as a means of criticism. Another aspect of Asaf Hâlet which has not been mentioned elaborately in the history of literature is his relationship with Necip Fazıl, who was another mystic poet like himself. Asaf Hâlet wrote severe criticisms on Necip Fazıl, and employed very strong language in his poems and other writings in these writings of criticisms. Believing that Necip Fazıl’s mysticism was ‘fake’, the poet published wrote two criticisms called “The Poet of Heart” and “Fake Mystic of Eyüp Sultan”. By using Necip Fazıl’s poems in both writings, Halet tried to weaken both poetic characteristics and personality of Necip Fazıl in the public eye of his readers. In his poem ‘My Romantic Youth (Romantik Gençliğim)’ he referred to Necip Fazıl’s poem ‘The Pavements (Kaldırımlar)’. The studies on Asaf Hâlet so far have not mentioned common characteristics between the two poems. In order to criticize the poet of the poem ‘The Pavements’, which he used as the main source of text, Asaf Hâlet adapted the method of ridiculing and simplifying the text. The relationship between the two poems has been set forth by comparing them in respect to form and content.
Asaf Halet Çelebi, Necip Fazıl Kısakürek, poetics, mysticism, parody, inter-textual.
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