How Society Shaped Turkish Literature

Society literally controls the art you create. Turkish literature is the perfect proof

because it morphed three separate times just to keep up with the culture. It started with

nomads and shamans chanting epics before writing even existed. Then religion hit, splitting everything

into the high-brow Divan poetry for the elites and raw Folk songs for the streets.

Finally, the West influenced the modern era with novels and newspapers. Whether you are

analyzing rhyme schemes or stressing over grammar rules, you are actually studying the DNA

of a changing civilization.