This anthology features a wide variety of poems about social justice, love, evocations of history, humanitarian concerns, and other themes. It contains stirring examples of the revolutionary romanticism of Nazi m Hikmet; the passionate wisdom of Fazil Hüsnü Daglarca; the wry and captivating humor of Orhan Veli Kanik; the intellectual complexity of Oktay Rifat and Melih Cevdet Anday; the modern mythology of Ilhan Berk; the subtle brilliance of Behçet Necatigil; the rebellious spirit of the socialist realists; the lyric flow of the neoromantics; and the diverse explorations of younger poets. These poems are infused with their own unique flavors while speaking in an unmistakably universal style.

Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar --Nazim Hikmet -- Necip Fazil Kisakürek -- Asaf Halet Çelebi -- Ahmet Muhip Diranas -- Cahit Sitki Taranci -- Bedri Rahmi Eyuboglu -- Fazil Hüsnü Daglarca -- Orhan Veli Kanik -- Oktay Rifat -- Melih Cevdet Anday -- Behçet Necatigil -- Cahit Külebi -- Ilhan Berk -- Ceyhun Atuf Kansu -- Salâh Birsel -- Sabahattin Kudret Aksal -- Necati Cumali -- Özdemir Asaf -- Attilâ Ilhan -- Can Yücel -- Ümit Yasar Oguzcan -- Nüzhet Erman -- Turgut Uyar -- Metin Eloglu -- Edip Cansever -- Talat S. Halman -- Cemal Süreya -- Ece Ayhan -- Gülten Akin -- Ahmet Oktay -- Kemal Özer -- Hilmi Yavuz -- Özdemir Ince -- Ferit Edgü -- Ülkü Tamer -- Turgay Gönenç -- Cahit Zarifoglu -- Ataol Behramoglu -- Sennur Sezer -- Ismet Özel -- Enis Batur -- Murathan Mungan -- Ahmet Erhan -- Biographical notes -- About the editors -- Acknowledgments

Aiso Library Poetry month selection