Garip

Garip (Turkish: strange or peculiar) was a group of Turkish poets.

It was composed of Orhan Veli, Oktay Rifat and Melih Cevdet, who had been friends since high school. They made their mark with a 1941 joint collection entitled Garip. After Veli's death in 1950, the two remaining friends developed their individual styles and began to write novels and theater pieces as well. The group's poems were published in a number of literary magazine, especially Varlik (Existence).

The name Garip symbolized a break with the conventional (considered decadent) style of Turkish poetry and literature. Velis' poems used vernacular speech and surrealist elements.

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