Necip Fazıl and the concept of power: A Foucauldian perspective analysis

Kemal Şamlıoğlu

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Necip Fazıl and the concept of power: A Foucauldian perspective analysis

Yazarlar:

Kemal Şamlıoğlu

Yayıncı:

Nevsehir Haci Bektas Veli University

Ana Başlıklar:

Dilbilim (Diğer)

Dergi:

Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli Üniversitesi SBE Dergisi Vol.15 Issue 2, pp.983-993

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

6/2025

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001351800

pISSN:

2149-3871

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Özet:

 This study aims to analyze Necip Fazıl Kısaküreks poem Letter to Mehmed from the Dungeon through the lens of Michel Foucaults theories of power and confinement. Focusing on the disciplinary mechanisms of the 20th century, this article questions how the prison experience is not only viewed as an individual fate but also how it relates to modern powers systems of control and surveillance. Foucaults concept of the great confinement encompasses not only physical prisons but also the invisible boundaries that society imposes on the individual. In Necip Fazıls poem, the convict is not depicted merely as a body trapped within four walls but also as someone experiencing mental and spiritual imprisonment. By analyzing the voice in the poem, we see that confinement is not just a physical condition; it also controls the individual at the levels of thought and identity. This imprisonment goes beyond mere bodily restriction, merging with the control over thought and identity. The article examines the poem in the context of these disciplinary mechanisms and discusses how literature intersects with structures of power, as well as the ways in which the individual develops resistance against these structures. Paralleling Foucaults concept of power this poem reveals how social control is internalized and simultaneously presents a form of rebellion and resistance against it. In this context, Letter to Mehmed from the Dungeon can be considered not only as a work describing the cry of a prisoner, but also as a profound text demonstrating how modern society shapes and confines the individual.

 This study aims to analyze Necip Fazıl Kısaküreks poem Letter to Mehmed from the Dungeon through the lens of Michel Foucaults theories of power and confinement. Focusing on the disciplinary mechanisms of the 20th century, this article questions how the prison experience is not only viewed as an individual fate but also how it relates to modern powers systems of control and surveillance. Foucaults concept of the great confinement encompasses not only physical prisons but also the invisible boundaries that society imposes on the individual. In Necip Fazıls poem, the convict is not depicted merely as a body trapped within four walls but also as someone experiencing mental and spiritual imprisonment. By analyzing the voice in the poem, we see that confinement is not just a physical condition; it also controls the individual at the levels of thought and identity. This imprisonment goes beyond mere bodily restriction, merging with the control over thought and identity. The article examines the poem in the context of these disciplinary mechanisms and discusses how literature intersects with structures of power, as well as the ways in which the individual develops resistance against these structures. Paralleling Foucaults concept of power this poem reveals how social control is internalized and simultaneously presents a form of rebellion and resistance against it. In this context, Letter to Mehmed from the Dungeon can be considered not only as a work describing the cry of a prisoner, but also as a profound text demonstrating how modern society shapes and confines the individual.

 This study aims to analyze Necip Fazıl Kısaküreks poem Letter to Mehmed from the Dungeon through the lens of Michel Foucaults theories of power and confinement. Focusing on the disciplinary mechanisms of the 20th century, this article questions how the prison experience is not only viewed as an individual fate but also how it relates to modern powers systems of control and surveillance. Foucaults concept of the great confinement encompasses not only physical prisons but also the invisible boundaries that society imposes on the individual. In Necip Fazıls poem, the convict is not depicted merely as a body trapped within four walls but also as someone experiencing mental and spiritual imprisonment. By analyzing the voice in the poem, we see that confinement is not just a physical condition; it also controls the individual at the levels of thought and identity. This imprisonment goes beyond mere bodily restriction, merging with the control over thought and identity. The article examines the poem in the context of these disciplinary mechanisms and discusses how literature intersects with structures of power, as well as the ways in which the individual develops resistance against these structures. Paralleling Foucaults concept of power this poem reveals how social control is internalized and simultaneously presents a form of rebellion and resistance against it. In this context, Letter to Mehmed from the Dungeon can be considered not only as a work describing the cry of a prisoner, but also as a profound text demonstrating how modern society shapes and confines the individual.

 Bu çalışma, Necip Fazıl Kısakürekin Zindandan Mehmede Mektup adlı şiirini, Michel Foucaultnun iktidar ve kapatılma kuramları perspektifinden incelemeyi hedeflemektedir. 20. yüzyılın disiplin mekanizmaları üzerine odaklanan bu makale, hapishane deneyimini sadece bireysel bir kader olarak görmekle kalmayarak modern iktidarın kontrol ve gözetim sistemleriyle nasıl ilişkili olduğunu sorgular. Foucaultnun büyük kapatılma kavramı, yalnızca fiziksel hapishaneleri değil toplumun birey üzerindeki görünmeyen sınırlarını da kapsar. Necip Fazılın şiirinde ise mahkûm yalnızca dört duvar arasında sıkışmış bir beden olarak tasvir edilmez bunun yanı sıra zihinsel ve ruhsal bir tutsaklık içindedir. Şiirin sesini analiz ettiğimizde kapatılmanın yalnızca fiziksel bir durum olmadığını, bireyin düşünsel ve kimliksel düzeyde de denetim altında tutulduğunu gösterdiğini görürüz. Bu tutsaklık, sadece bedensel bir sınırlama olmanın ötesine geçer ve düşünce ile kimliğin kontrolüyle birleşir. Makale, şiiri bu disiplin mekanizmaları ekseninde ele alarak edebiyatın iktidar yapılarıyla nasıl kesiştiğini ve bireyin bu yapılar karşısında direnç geliştirme yollarını tartışmaktadır. Foucaultnun iktidar anlayışı ile paralellik gösteren bu şiiri, bireyin tutsaklığını toplumsal denetiminin nasıl içselleştirildiğini gözler önüne sererken buna karşı geliştirilen bir isyan ve direnç biçimini de ortaya koyar. Bu bağlamda Zindandan Mehmede Mektup sadece bir mahkûmun feryadını anlatan bir eser değil modern toplumun bireyi nasıl şekillendirdiğini ve tutsak ettiğini gösteren derin bir metin olarak da değerlendirilebilir.

Makale detayları

Necip Fazıl and the concept of power: A Foucauldian perspective analysis

Yazarlar:

Kemal Şamlıoğlu

Yayıncı:

Nevsehir Haci Bektas Veli University

Ana Başlıklar:

Dilbilim (Diğer)

Dergi:

Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli Üniversitesi SBE Dergisi Vol.15 Issue 2, pp.983-993

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

6/2025

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001351800

pISSN:

2149-3871

Necip Fazıl Kısakürek

Letter from the Dungeon to Mehmed

Michel Foucault

power

great confinement.Necip Fazıl Kısakürek

Zindandan Mehmed’e Mektup

Michel Foucault

iktidar

büyük kapatılma.

Sayı

Makale detayları

Yazarlar: Kemal Şamlıoğlu

Yayıncı: Nevsehir Haci Bektas Veli University

Ana Başlıklar: Dilbilim (Diğer)

Dergi: Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli Üniversitesi SBE Dergisi Vol.15 Issue 2, pp.983-993

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 6/2025

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2001351800

pISSN: 2149-3871

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Kemal Şamlıoğlu

Yayıncı:

Nevsehir Haci Bektas Veli University

Ana Başlıklar:

Dilbilim (Diğer)

Dergi:

Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli Üniversitesi SBE Dergisi Vol.15 Issue 2, pp.983-993

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

6/2025

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001351800

pISSN:

2149-3871