Freedom, Power, People, and Territory: Nâzım Hikmet from the Perspective of a Jurist
Nâzım Hikmet Ran (1902-1963) is one of Turkey’s most influential names in the world of literature and politics. The article examines how the basic concepts of constitutional law took place in the poems of this great poet. For this purpose, the concepts of freedom, which is the most used concept in h...
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| Language: | English |
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Istanbul University Press
2024-06-01
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| Series: | İstanbul Hukuk Mecmuası |
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| Online Access: | https://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/file/JTA6CLJ8T5/01878E3781D54CB288911C27BD659E54 |
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| Summary: | Nâzım Hikmet Ran (1902-1963) is one of Turkey’s most influential names in the world of literature and politics. The article examines how the basic concepts of constitutional law took place in the poems of this great poet. For this purpose, the concepts of freedom, which is the most used concept in his poems, and power, people and territory, which Jellinekian doctrine considers state elements. According to the findings in the study, Nâzım Hikmet used the word freedom in a Republican sense, not a liberalist sense. Understanding the concept of power in the light of Marxist-Leninist doctrine, the poet implicitly supported Kemalism to the extent that it was anti-imperialist and anti-feudalist. In this context, his approach to military intervention on 27 May 1960 was positive. He understood the concept of nation in a subjective sense and did not ignore the Kurdish question. However, he either did not include ethnic identities other than Turks in his poems or included them as secondary. On the other hand, the territory element of the state has been the subject of the concepts of longing and patriotism in the poems. The conclusion reached in the study is that Nâzım Hikmet’s poems reflect the thesis of the international communist movement about Turkey precisely. |
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| ISSN: | 2667-6974 |