Karacaoğlan, active 17th century
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Personality
- Bütün siirleri, 1974:t.p. (Karaca Oğlan) p. xiv, etc. (lived 17th cent.; opinions vary on his place of birth & century in which he lived)
- LC data base, 1/8/87(hdg.: Karacaoğlan, d. 1679; usage: Karacaoğlan, Karacʼoğlan, Karaca Oğlan)
- Büyük lûgat ve ansikl.(Karacaoğlan (Hasan); Turkish folk poet of 17th cent.; variously thought to have been a Barak Türkmen, or to have been born in Gökçe, Kozan prov., or in Gögc̆eli, or in Belgrade)
- Encyc. Brit., 15th ed.(Karacaoğlan, 17th cent. Turkish folk poet)
- Çukurovalı Karacaoğlan, 2008:p. 39 (Garacaoğlan) p. 40 (Kara Oğlan)
- Karadzhaoglan, 1984:t.p. (Караджаоглан = Karadzhaoglan)
- Bütün siirleri, 1974
- Çukurovalı Karacaoğlan, 2008p. 39 (Garacaoğlan) p. 40 (Kara Oğlan)
Karacaoğlan was a 17th-century Anatolian Turkish folk poet and ashik. His exact dates of birth and death are unknown but it is widely accepted that he was born around 1606 and died around 1679. He lived around the city of Osmaniye. His tomb, which was organized as a mausoleum in 1997, is at Karacaoğlan hill in the village of Karacaoğlan, Mut, Mersin. In this regard, he was the first known folk poet and ashik whose statue was built. His poetry gave a vivid picture of nature and village life in Anatolian settlements. This kind of folk poetry, as distinct from the poetry of the Ottoman palace, was emphasized after the foundation of the Republic of Turkey in 1923 and became an important influence on modern lyric poetry, with Karacaoğlan being its foremost exponent.
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