A STUDY ON THE LIFE, ART OF MINSTRELSY AND POEMS OF TANER KARATAŞ (OZAN MIZANI)

The tradition of minstrelsy has come down to the present day by going through a number of stages. The bards, who are the subjects of the minstrel tradition that continues to live vividly in the Anatolian area, have gradually lost their functionality in the social sphere today. Despite all the negativities experienced, the bards and minstrels, who are representatives of the tradition, have managed to continue the minstrel tradition by performing their art. In this context, Taner Karataş, who performs his art in oral, written and electronic cultural environments within the minstrel tradition with his individual and social themed poems, is one of the said bards.

In the article; after the life story of Taner Karataş is conveyed in a shortened way from the information obtained from him through interview method, it is aimed to make a category analysis according to the density of the subjects he deals with in his poems with examples from his poems and to determine the poet's place in the tradition with content analysis. The scope of our research consists of the poems in the poet's five published poetry books. Qualitative research methods such as interview (interview) and examination of written documents were used. Although our research is an independent article study conducted on Taner Karataş's life, art and poems, it is thought that the said article will shed light on the scientific studies to be conducted from now on. Again, this study will be a means for the poet to be recognized by scientific circles.

Keywords

Taner Karataş, Turkish Folk Poetry, Bard Literature, Poet