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Abstract

It is known that people are forgetful, as well as seeking solutions to forgetfulness. One of these solutions is photos. Photographs, which the ancients refer to as paintings, have a partial permanence as frozen memories. Some of the photographs, which open small brackets to the passing time and forgotten days, appear in a more effective way by being decorated with a poem in the hands of the poets. One of the poets who wrote poems on the back of his photographs and sent them to his friends and relatives is Mehmed Akif. In these poems, the poet mostly talked about his impressions about himself. It is natural for the poet looking at his photograph to see and process the traces of his experiences and even his character, as well as the outward appearance he sees. In this study, based on the poems behind the photography, Akif's impressions and thoughts about himself will be revealed in his own language. At this point, a deep sadness is witnessed in Âkif, who emphasizes mortality a lot and it is seen that despair about himself predominates, especially in his poems that he wrote in his last years. Telling a lot to people even with his face in his photographs, Âkif's poems in which he tells about himself behind his photographs also have a special importance.