Abstract
KARAPAPAK TURKS’ CONTEMPORARY POET RAFIG HUMMET’S POEMS CRITICIZING THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE ORDER OF HIS ERA
History of Karapapak Turks dates back to oldest times. Most of their population live in Georgia today. Karapapak Turks have never given up their language and literature and raised their own poets and authors. Rafig Hümmet, is one of the most important poets of Karapapak Literature. In this study, the poems of Rafig Hümmet, about which criticized the administration and order of his time, are discussed. First poems of Rafig Hümmet were written in the Soviet Russia period. The poet didn’t express his feeling explicitly on his poems because of Soviet pressure in this period. Instead, he chose to convey his feelings by using symbolism and indirect speech. It can be clearly seen in his poems written after the disintegration of the Soviet Union that he could express his feelings more freely than before. In this period, the poet did not remain silent in the face of injustices and discussed the disruptions of the existing administration and order in his poems. In this essay, Rafig Hümmet’s poems criticizing the administration and the order of his era will be examined.
Keywords
Rafig Hummet, Karapapak Turks, Karapapak literature.