For people with the surname, seeGarip (surname).
Garip movement, Garipçiler orFirst New Movement;[1] is aliterary movement founded byOrhan Veli Kanık,Oktay Rifat, andMelih Cevdet Anday that rejects the established understanding in Turkish poetry and emphasizes the beauty of expression.
Orhan Veli Kanık, Oktay Rifat, and Melih Cevdet Anday, who were educated atAnkara Atatürk High School, returned toAnkara after completing their higher education in 1936, marking the trio's return to literature. The translations of Raymond Radiguet's Butterfly poem and Orhan Veli's Saksılar poem in the 101st issue ofVarlık magazine, which they started publishing in 1936, are considered the first examples of this genre.[2]
| Period | Years | Note |
|---|---|---|
| I. Period | 1937–1941 | This period lasted from the first poems published inVarlık magazine until the publication of theGarip. |
| II. Period | 1941–1945 | This period lasted until 1945, when the three leading poets returned to literature after their military service. |
| III. Period | 1945–1949 | This period saw the three poets working independently. |
| IV. Period | 1949–1950 | This period continued as long as theYaprak magazine. |
The period in which the first examples were given with the Butterfly and Saksılar poems in 1937. During this period, there was no consensus on the principles of the movement.[3]
It is the first poetry book published by the three poets on Orhan Veli's recommendation. The preface of the book expresses their common views on poetry and outlines the principles of the Garip movement for the first time.[3] According to them, embellishing, concretizing, or abstracting the expression harms the meaning.[4]
The preface of the book differs between the first and second editions, showingOrhan Veli Kanık's changes in opinion.[3]
| Author | Number of Poems |
|---|---|
| Melih Cevdet | 16 |
| Oktay Rıfat | 21 |
| Orhan Veli | 24 |
| Toplam | 61 |
Some of the 61 poems published in the book were previously published in periodicals such asVarlık magazine.[3]
This period, which started with the writing of the Garip book, ended with the trio distancing themselves from literature due to their military service.[3]
During this period, which began after the trio returned from military service, they started to act individually rather than together.[3]
| Author | Works |
|---|---|
| Orhan Veli | Vazgeçemediğim |
| Oktay Rıfat | Yaşayıp Ölmek, Aşk ve Avarelik Üstüne Şiirler |
| Melih Cevdet | Rahatı Kaçan Ağaç |
This period revolves around theYaprak magazine, in which the three writers were on the editorial board. This period ended a few months after the publication of the 28th issue of the magazine when Orhan Veli died.[3][5]
TheMavi magazine, around which writers opposing the syllabic meter gathered, was started by Teoman Civelek, Ülkü Arman, Güner Sümer, and Bekir Çiftçi in 1952. Later,Attila İlhan,Ahmet Oktay, andYılmaz Gruda also published their works in this magazine. These writers later adopted a movement known asMavi movement. The Mavi movement paved the way for theSecond New Movement movement.[6]
In the Garip foreword, the following views are mentioned:[7]
Works were created in a manner that emphasized meaning, in reaction to syllabic meter poets, Nazım Hikmet's socialist realist political poetry, and Ahmet Haşim's pure poetry approach.[5] They rejected the notion of poeticism.[8]
It is claimed that the movement shares many similarities with Japanese haiku poetry and that Orhan Veli encountered Eastern poetry, particularly Japanese haiku, while translating Kikaku's poems from French to Turkish.[9]
The Garipçiler are the only group in Turkish literature to adopt thedadaism movement.[10]
