TURANISM IN THE POETRY OF AHMED JAVAD

Abstract

The article examines the poetic manifestations of the ideas of Turkism and Turanism in the work of Ahmad Cavad (1892–1937), one of the prominent representatives of Azerbaijani romantics. It is noted that in Ahmad Cavad's work, a certain light was shed on the path towards Turanism. The thematic scope of the poet's work, its embrace of the entire Turkic world, its research into history and culture that is not limited to Azerbaijan but addresses the whole Turkic world, and its poems on the Turk's self-awareness and future life, are among the earliest manifestations of Turanism. The fact that Ə. Cavad was stigmatised and subjected to repression during the Soviet era also shows that there are deeper reasons at the root of this attitude towards his work. The idea of Turkism, of Turanism, runs like a red thread through the poet's work. He did not merely celebrate these factors in his work. The poet also remained in life a lover of the Turkic people, a traveller on the path of Turan, and a mujahid defending Turkism. Research shows that in both his life and his various literary endeavours, the themes of Turkism, Turanism and Islamism held a central place, and the republic and its attributes were reflected in his work in the finest manner. The themes of the motherland, nation, Turkic identity, Turanism, the flag, the army, the Turkish soldier, and so on, run like a red thread through the poems written during this period, making Ə. Cavad's work of considerable importance.