A Look at Khayyam and Rumi’s Influence on Naz- im Hikmet

Nazim Hikmet is one of the greatest contemporary poets in Turkey who is famous world. In this article, we have tried to explore the in fluence of Persian literature and the great Iranian poet, Khayyam and Rumi in Nazim Hikmet›s poetry. Although, Persian poetry had little impact wide in mind and language of Nazim Hikmet, as it is seen in the poetry of Poets before him and bureaucratic literature, but we can see sparks of the influence of Persian literature in his poetry. Nazim Hikmet is fascinated by Rubaiyat and thought and ideas in the poetry of Omar Khayyam have mesmerized him, especially he likes philosophical Khayyam and, in fact, his quatrains written in Turkish, is rewrittening of Rubaiyat. Rumi is another in fluential Iranian poet in the poetry of Nazim Hikmet and Nazim Hikmet is influenced by him especially in the early stages of his poetry and considers himself a disciple of Rumi. Of course, He has criticized Rumi idealistic ideas that we have discussed in detail in this article and we›ve specified differences in Rumi›s views with views of the idealists. These influences are a sign of love and interesting of Nazim Hikmet to the two great Iranian poets.