CLASSIFICATION AND ANALYSIS OF EXPRESSIONS CONCERNING TURKIC TRIBES IN POEMS IN TURKIC LANGUAGES

TÜRK DİLLERİNDEKİ ŞİİRLERDE TÜRK KAVİMLERİNE DAİR İFADELERİN TASNİF VE TAHLİLİ

Abstract

This study examines poetry collections, dictionaries, and open-access sources in Turkish, Kyrgyz, Kazakh, Tatar, Azerbaijani, Turkmen, and Uzbek Turkish in order to classify poems written about Turkic peoples and Turkic identity. The analysis reveals that the poems collected from different historical periods as well as contemporary poets are not limited to praise and glorification. Instead, they encompass a wide range of themes, including historical figures and events, natural disasters, geographical spaces, female beauty, and feelings of unity and solidarity. Furthermore, it was found that Turkic peoples have also written poems about one another, and that the largest number of recent poems on this subject is found in the Kazakh language.The aim of the study is to identify poems written about a community’s own people, other Turkic groups, and Turkic identity in general within the literatures of different Turkic communities; to classify these poems according to their thematic diversity; and to demonstrate how this theme has been represented from the past to the present. To achieve this objective, the study employs document analysis by examining written texts found in poetry collections, dictionaries, and open-access sources. The collected poems were systematically classified within a specific analytical framework. In addition, a comparative translation method was used, whereby poems from other Turkic languages were translated into Turkey Turkish.The findings indicate that the examined poems are not merely one-dimensional texts that praise or glorify a particular ethnic group. Rather, they display considerable thematic diversity, addressing historical figures and events, natural disasters, Turkic geographies, the beauty of Turkic people and women, and feelings of unity, solidarity, and kinship.The theoretical significance of the study lies in demonstrating that themes related to Turkic identity and ethnic groups are not confined to earlier historical periods but continue to function as dynamic themes in contemporary poetry. The study also offers a new perspective by showing that national and epic poetry is not limited to the glorification of one’s own people; it also integrates themes such as natural disasters, geography, and female beauty into expressions of national sentiment. Furthermore, the study highlights the cultural and literary interactions among Turkic peoples, demonstrating that they have produced poems about one another and have maintained literary connections across communities. From a practical perspective, the poems collected from different Turkic languages and translated into Turkey Turkish serve as a cultural bridge. The translation of these literary works facilitates their direct understanding by readers and researchers in Turkey. In addition, the study provides evidence that Kazakhs are currently

the community most actively engaged with this theme, as the largest number of recent poems on Turkic peoples and Turkic identity has been identified in the Kazakh language