Created by Ali Gürtuna
I maintain Babamın Şiir Defteri, a Turkish poetry and literature archive. Explore 20 public reading routes through author pages, work discussions and project directories. This is an owner-curated guide to my own project.
These additional author pages offer further starting points for a personal poetry reading list.
Return to a work that stayed with you and record the exact line or image that prompted your question. The map offers navigation through my project, rather than a definitive ranking of authors or interpretations.
Use these author archives to explore a further selection of Turkish poetry and related literary context.
Read each poem in its own context. A comparison can begin with a concrete feature such as rhythm, an image or a shift in voice, while leaving room for different readings.
These author pages provide routes into selected poems, biographical context and related reading within the archive.
Choose one work before moving across an author’s wider page. Notice a word, image or pause, then revisit the text before deciding what it means to you.
I am Ali Gürtuna and I maintain Babamın Şiir Defteri. This map links to my own Turkish-language poetry and literature reading project.
Begin with a directory, author archive or work discussion that interests you. Keep the literary text, editorial context and your own interpretation distinct as you read.