This study attempts to mark out the differences between theways Fakir Baykurt and Kemal Tahir's novels handle the themes ofdevelopment/innovation, wealth, poverty, position of capital, etc.Comparison of Fakir Baykurt and Kemal Tahir's works Yılanların Öcü(The Revenge of Snakes), Irazca’nın Dirliği (Livelihood of Irazca), Onuncu Köy(Tenth Village), Tırpan (Swath), Göl İnsanları (People of the Lake), Gelin Kadın Oyunu (The Game of Bride and Woman), Arabacı (Waggoner),Sağırdere (Deafstream), Körduman (BlindSmoke), Köyün Kamburu ( Humpof the Village), Fakir Baykurt describes the poor villager, whose poverty isrelated to the dependence of production on land, poverty is attributed tostructural reasons. The state and its representatives in the village, whichobstruct the personal gain, do not allow the individual to progress andprosper. Therefore, the rich are often described as evil and the poor asgood. However, there is no such conventional distinction in KemalTahir's works. There is a belief that one can get out of poverty byworking hard. In addition to this, there aren't many instances of richpeople being evil and poor people being good. In fact, it can be said thatthe people in Kemal Tahir's novels are generally selfish, utilitarian andready carry out evil actions. In this case, the characteristics of the villager,such as rich, poor, male and female are insignificant. The reviewed worksof Fakir Baykurt and Kemal Tahir include the distinctions betweenworker-employer and rich-poor and the power of capital in relation topoverty. The status of the rich as people who get what they wantwhenever they want, difficult conditions in which the worker is in andthe workers' search for rights are present subjects in Kemal Tahir'sworks on various occasions. In addition, while the instance of richlandowners being in cooperation with the government is persistent inFakir Baykurt's novels, it is either either very rare or not present at all inKemal Tahir's works. Furthermore, in the reviewed works of FakirBaykurt, the reproduction of wealth and poverty through capital-statecooperation is a common subject. Finally, the dismissive attitude of therich towards the poor in the novels of Fakir Baykurt cannot beencountered in Kemal Tahir's works. One of the central elements of Fakir Baykurt's novels is the struggle between the poor villagers in thelabor process and the powerful rich, accompanied by capital. Theindividual struggles and relations within the village are generally thesubject of Kemal Tahir’s works. It can be said that the author does notpay attention to the contrast between the rich and the poor in hisdescriptions of characters. Conflict is often manifested in differentforms. While the theme of poverty is dealt with, the villagers aredescribed as victims and oppressed because they are "simply" poor. Thisis the most distinctive discernment of Kemal Tahir. Poverty does notmake the villager good or innocent. On the contrary, in some casespoverty can make an individual more cruel and evil.