Research Article / Araştırma Makalesi Cite as/ Atıf: Yeşil, F. & Çelik, Y. (2021). Sennur Sezer’in şiirlerinde “su” imgesi. Turkish Studies - Language, 16(4), 2659-2675. https://dx.doi.org/10.7827/TurkishStudies.54233 Received/Geliş: 17 November/Kasım 2021 Checked by plagiarism software Accepted/Kabul: 25 December/Aralık 2021 CC BY-NC 4.0 Published/Yayın: 30 December/Aralık 2021 Sennur Sezer’in Şiirlerinde “Su” İmgesi The Image of “Water” in Sennur Sezer’s Poems Fatma Yeşil * - Yakup Çelik ** Abstract: Water is an important image used in Turkish literature since ancient times. It is used to express different phenomena from the period of Anonymous Folk Literature to the poems of the Republic Period. According to Ziya Gökalp, Shamanist Turks attribute sanctity to water and make it a cult just like fire, wood, and iron. In Turkish beliefs, water is considered the beginning of existence. When we examine the oldest Turkish sagas, we see that water is an element of nature that gives life and strength. In Sufi literature, water signifies the manifestation of God. Divan poetry, on the other hand, water has a religious quality. The image of water in Ahmet Hâşim's poems takes place in many of his poems as a part of the poet's poetics. The water image is seen in the name of the Göl Saatleri. Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı establishes the contrast between death and life with the water images in his poems. Necip Fazıl Kısakürek has eight poems called "Water". Many poets frequently refer to the image of "water" in Turkish poetry in the Republican period and in Contemporary Turkish poetry. Sennur Sezer includes the image of "water" in her poems from her first book to last book. Sometimes she uses water literally, sometimes as the change itself. Sezer who has a socialist-realistic understanding of art, not only includes the image of "water" in her poems in this framework, but also allows it to gain meaning in philosophical dimensions. She uses an expression close to folk poetry by presenting a dialectical contrast. She talks about the subjects she touched on in her poems such as labor, peace, love and freedom with water. Structured Abstract: “Water” is one of the most common images in both written and oral sources of Turkish literature. “Water” is used in different meanings and associations in literary texts from the sagas period to the present day. When we examine the oldest Turkish epics, we see that water is an element of nature that gives life and strength. It is also considered a symbol of procreation, abundance and fertility. In addition, we can say that immortality is given to people through water. The heroes who seek the water of life (ab-ı hayat) and reach it often appear in epics. When anonymous folk poems are examined, it is seen that the sanctity and divinity of water are emphasized in folk songs and lullabies. In laments, on the other hand, water appears as an element that heals pain. Those who have pain and problems go to water and tell the curse to water. Thus, those people become a little lighter * Yüksek Lisans Öğrencisi, Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi, Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı Bölümü Graduate Student, Yıldız Technical University, Faculty of Letters, Department of Turkish Language and Literature 0000-0002-5272-9165 fatmayesil8@gmail.com ** Prof. Dr., Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi, Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı Bölümü Prof. Dr., Yıldız Technical University, Faculty of Letters, Department of Turkish Language and Literature 0000-0001-9252-8221 yacelik@yildiz.edu.tr