%0 Journal Article %T Two Lake Poets of the Turkish World: Ha£¿im and Al£¿kul %J - %D 2018 %X The ¡°lake¡± theme which became a poetic figure by Ha£¿im in the 20th century of Turkish Literature also has been evaluated in a special place in Kyrgyz Poetry for Issykkul Lake with its sacredness and endless landscape. For Kyrgyz Poets, the Issykkul Lake has been a source of inspiration and a shelter to rest their souls by its serenity of the cool waters resting on the Ala Mountains. The ¡°lake¡± theme which allures Turkey¡¯s great poets also expanded the imagination of great Kyrgyz poets. Al£¿kul Osmonov, one of the greatest names of Modern Kyrgyz Poetry, is one of those poets. In this study the ¡°lake¡± theme in the poems of Ahmet Ha£¿im, known as the ¡°lake poet¡± in Turkish literature and Al£¿kul Osmonov - the admirer of ¡°Issykkul Lake¡± in Kyrgyz Literature- will be compared %K Ahmet Ha£¿im %K Al£¿kul Osmonov %K g£¿l %K £¿iir %K K£¿rg£¿z £¿iiri %K T¨¹rkiye edebiyat£¿ %U http://dergipark.org.tr/tdded/issue/44827/557641