title: Türk Dünyası Şairlerinde Millî Kimlik Simgesi Olarak Ana Dili (Mother Tongue as a Symbol of National Identity Among the Poets of Turkish World)
abstract: Language has many other functions apart from being a means of communication. One of the most important of all these is that it turns a community into a nation. Nations are named and exist with their languages because the language of a nation is the most powerful means that involves the basic elements such as culture, customs and traditions and that transfers these from generation to generation. A nation will survive as long as its language survives; otherwise, it will die. The Turks, throughout 
journal: DergiPark (Istanbul University)