Turkish Studies - Language and Literature eISSN: 2667-5641 INTERNATIONAL BALKAN UNIVERSITY www.turkishstudies.net/language Research Article / Araştırma Makalesi Sponsored by IBU Cite as/ Atıf: Arıcan, O. & Turan, Ö. (2020). Toktogul Satılganov’un şiirlerinde karşıt anlamlılık, Turkish Studies - Language, 15(1), 45-64. https://dx.doi.org/10.29228/TurkishStudies.39789 Received/Geliş: 15 November/Kasım 2019 Checked by plagiarism software Accepted/Kabul: 24 March/Mart 2020 Published/Yayın: 30 March/Mart 2020 Copyright © INTAC LTD, Turkey CC BY-NC 4.0 Toktogul Satılganov’un Şiirlerinde Karşıt Anlamlılık Contrast Meaningfulness in Toktogul Satilganov's Poems Osman Arıcan * - Özlem Turan ** Abstract: Toktogul Satylganov was born in the period of occupation of Kyrgyz lands by Russian Empire. Thus, his life was darkened disproportionately by calamitous moments. He used to consider the common people’s opinion in different kind of issues and avoid things that might harm people. Satylganov was the only Kygyz poet who was imprisoned and lived in exile for years. Regardless of the conditions of that period, he put into high priority the freedom and future of the Kyrgyz nation. Most of his his works reflect the tough period of that time. He gave great importance and value to Kyrgyz culture and literature. He was also known among people with his other talents like: playing on komuz, reciting epic Manas and participating on impromptu contest with other poets, also known as “Aitysh”. It is a form of oral folk song poetry. Despite the fact that during that period all his poems had been transmitted orally later on it was able to record majority of his poems. Poets in order to convey powerful thoughts and feelings sometimes whether consciously or subconciously use contradictions. It can be also observed in the poems of Satylganov. These contradictions are essential elements in determining the poet's world of thought and in obtaining a different perspective. In this study information about Satylganov’s life, poems, the meaning of concept and contradiction is given. Furthermore, 50 poems were selected from “Two volume collection of Toktogul’s works (Volume I-II)(1989)” from which words that carry opposite meaning were analyzed. The notions emerged from these words were examined as well. This study also aims to introduce Toktogul Satylganov and his works to Turkology Studies in Turkey and explore how the notion of contadicitons in his poems reflects his world of thoughts. Structured Abstract: Toktogul Satylganov was a poet who lived during the period when Kyrgyz Turks were under the rule of USSR. He grew up in the family of the poor farmers. His interest towards poetry developed due to his family and widespread tradition of the oral poetry in Kyrgyz SSR. Satylganov was one of the first representatives of the Modern Kyrgyz literature and one of the most important figures in this field. Some political aspects had a negative impact on his life. He was always aware of the realities of life and tried to * Dr. Öğr. Üyesi, Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit Üniversitesi, Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi, Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı Bölümü. Asst. Prof. PhD., Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Turkish Language and Literature. 0000-0002-4030-5314 osmanarican1@gmail.com ** Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit Üniversitesi, Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü. Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University, Graduate School of Social Sciences. 0000-0002-6963-6969 ozlem.9522@gmail.com