2009 Cilt 10 Sayı 17

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The ideal Turkish youth and teacher in Mehmet Aki̇f Ersoy’s poems
(Uludağ Üniversitesi, 2009-12-01) Erdal, Kelime; Uludağ Üniversitesi/Eğitim Fakültesi/Türkçe Eğitimi Bölümü.
Mehmet Akif Ersoy is a poet and an intellectual who dedicated his literary works to public and tried to educate them by all means. Aiming at realism in art and usefulness to society, the poet touched upon a different subject matter in his every work of art. Within the variety of subject matters, the only invariable thing in his works is the messages he gives to his readers. It is inevitable for a poet, so sensitive on social matters, to emphasize youth, who is considered as the leading part of the society, and teachers who educate them. Mehmet Akif, as he described the state of the youth on one hand and indicated the qualities of a youth he longed for on the other in his poems, conducted the contemporary youth. The poet, not only indicates the qualities of an ideal teacher, but also disposes the unfavorable qualities of a teacher in his poems. Having been a teacher himself, the views of Mehmet Akif on youth and teachers, are of high-quality to shed light on present and future.