Two Lake Poets of the Turkish World: Ha？im and Al？kul

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