Abstract :
Süleyman Nazif, living in the Servet-i Fünûn (wealth of sciences) era and inspiring the society with the love of homeland, nation and language, contributed to the Turkish Literary with his language construction and pure literary style and he coloured up this contribution in a discrete and sympathetic way especially with his witty remarks and anecdotes. Providing significant services to the Turkish culture and union, Nazif is known to raise his voice loudly and bravely against the serious hometown issues and to exhibit a national stance. Always being concerned about protecting and enhancing his culture, the artist supported his society with his works and ideas and he concordantly achieved to show the elegancy of his beloved language. It should not be forgotten that Nazif always kept his exciting, dynamic and bold manner alive with his magical words and succinct sayings in his works. At this point Nazif s deep culture, quick-wit and passion of subtle humour enabled him to make witty remarks in a privileged way; and the social message to accelerate and outlast. Being ranked as one of the founders of the tradition of witticism, Süleyman Nazif s unique power of humour and his perfect dominance in language made him gain a specific position in this field and even the pattern in his other works found a place in his witty remarks. Even though the artist sometimes had a harsh style in his witty remarks, this feature of him, when studied deeply, was dominated by a criticism caused by affection. For this reason, it is understood much better that Nazif s intimate anecdotes knitted by his witty remarks has reached the present day without losing any value.
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Witticism , Literary Style , Saying , Witty , Message
