Orhan Veli Kanık, Oktay Rifat, and Melih Cevdet Anday, who were educated at Ankara Atatürk High School, returned to Ankara after completing their higher education in 1936, marking the trio's return to literature.
The preface of the book expresses their common views on poetry and outlines the principles of the Garip movement for the first time.
[3] This period, which started with the writing of the Garip book, ended with the trio distancing themselves from literature due to their military service.
[3][5] The Mavi magazine, around which writers opposing the syllabic meter gathered, was started by Teoman Civelek, Ülkü Arman, Güner Sümer, and Bekir Çiftçi in 1952.
[6] In the Garip foreword, the following views are mentioned:[7] Works were created in a manner that emphasized meaning, in reaction to syllabic meter poets, Nazım Hikmet's socialist realist political poetry, and Ahmet Haşim's pure poetry approach.