Tümer, Cem Şems

In the period of the Abdülhamit II Era Literature, the nature theme in poetry wasdiscussed, on the one hand, with approaches in accordance with the traditionalunderstanding, and began to gain a new meaning with the influences originatingfrom the western romantics. This also exemplified the transition from Classicalliterature to the Western literature in terms of both content and form.In this general transition, the mountain started to gain prominence as a thematicelement in the poetry of the period and this was another remarkable point tobe discussed. Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan’s attitude towards wild nature and moun tains during his residence in India, and his romantic approach deeply affected thesubsequent poets. It was noticed that especially Kürsi-i İstiğrak poetry becameprominent in this effect.In this study, nine poems written around the repeated word of “dağlara” (to themountains) related to the period mentioned before were identified and analyzed.Moreover, two poems with repeated word of “dağlar” (mountains) like each otherwere also discussed. Discussing the mountain as a part of nature in totally elevenpoems was a remarkable choice and feature that should be considered for thepoetry of the period.